Three police sergeants dead, suspect ****** in East Oakland gunbattles
Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND — In the most horrific day of Oakland Police Department history, three police sergeants were shot to death by the same gunman within two hours of each other. A fourth officer involved in a second shooting with the suspect also was wounded and is in extremely critical condition Saturday night.
The three veteran officers ****** were all sergeants: Erv Romans, 43, , Dan Sakai, 35, and Mark Dunakin, 41,, police said. This was the first time that any sergeants in the department have been slain. Officer John Hege, 41, of Concord is on life support at Highland Hospital. A fifth officer was grazed by a bullet. He was treated and released from the hospital.
The suspect is identified as Lovell
Mixon, 27, of Oakland who was on parole for assault with a deadly weapon, has not been released, police said.
