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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2009

Parolee Stood Over Stricken Oakland Motor Officers and Fired Again

Lovelle Mixon, a parolee on the run, already had shot Oakland police Sgt. Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege. Then, as the two men lay on the ground, Mixon stood over them and fired again.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Vallejo Police to Offer Aid to Oakland

The Vallejo Police Department will be helping its Oakland counterpart in the wake of the weekend shootings of four officers, Chief Bob Nichelini said Sunday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Ervin Romans - Compassionate SWAT Veteran

An Oakland officer since 1996, Ervin Romans, 43, of Danville was a member of the entry team, busting down doors to arrest barricaded suspects. It was during just such an operation Saturday in which Romans was shot to death in an East Oakland apartment.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

John Hege - Always the First to Respond

John Hege, 41, joined the Oakland Police Department 10 years ago after a stint as a reserve officer. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Moraga and had taught physical education and oversaw study hall at Tennyson High School in Hayward.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Oakland Cop Shooter Person of Interest in 2007 Homicide

Lovelle Mixon was released five years later but within two months became a person of interest for the murder of Ramon Stevens, a 42-year-old who was shot on the corner of 86th and E. 14th Street.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Protestors Link Oakland Ambush to BART Shooting

By late afternoon Saturday, a group of about 50 people lined 73rd Avenue, a block from where Dunakin and Hege were shot.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Daniel Sakai - Quick Learner was a Rising Star

Daniel Sakai, 35, of Castro Valley, was recently named a leader of the entry team, colleagues said. SWAT members are assigned to either the entry team, which breaks down doors in search of suspects, or the sniper team, which takes up positions nearby in case police need to open fire.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Killer of 4 Officers Wanted to Avoid Prison

According to authorities, Lovelle Mixon used a semiautomatic pistol to shoot and kill Hege and Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, two motorcycle officers who pulled him over during a routine traffic stop.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Mark Dunakin - a Cop Committed to Oakland

Mark Dunakin, 40, lived in Tracy and was an Oakland cop for 18 years. The father of three was a graduate of Chabot College in Hayward. He was promoted to sergeant in 1999 and worked homicide cases in the criminal investigation division.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Oakland Police Deaths: What Went Wrong?

Police and law enforcement experts will dissect the case to find out what went wrong Saturday, likely breaking the incident in two: the traffic stop that left two motorcycle officers fatally wounded, and the SWAT operation two hours later that left two officers and the suspect dead.

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