Oakland Gun Crackdown Nets 5 Firearms, 7 Arrests In 24 Hours

CBS San Francisco

October 7, 2022

Police in Oakland announced Thursday that multiple arrests have been made and guns have been seized within a 24 hour span, as part of a new strategy to stem rising violence in the city.

Around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers attempted to pull over a vehicle seen running a stop sign in the area of Avenal and Bancroft Avenues in East Oakland. Police said the vehicle took off at a high rate of speed before it was located a short distance away on the 5600 block of Harmon Avenue.

The two people inside the vehicle were arrested on multiple weapons charges. Police said a search yielded two firearms with extended magazines, with one containing a device allowing the gun to fire multiple rounds with a single pull of the trigger.

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