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Thursday, April 25, 2013

OPD Chief Jordan on a 4-year-old who witnessed his own mother's murder

The young boy's mother was killed on 54th near Shattuck, in North Oakland, on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, around 8:45 p.m. Officers at the scene had to care for him. The Chief was there, and had this to say:

"This is one of the saddest situations, where you have a 4-year-old that basically witnessed someone getting killed," Jordan said. "That is a memory he is going to have in his mind for a very long time. I'm not sure how he is going to recover from that."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Loud-argument-before-mom-slain-in-Oakland-4463933.php#ixzz2RWwp6BDp
 

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