An Oakland Police officer walks by patrol automobiles on the Oakland Police headquarters on December 6, 2012 in Oakland, California.
Justin Sullivan/Getty PhotographsA former police captain is reportedly in vital situation following a capturing in downtown Oakland.
A number of media retailers, together with the San Francisco Chronicle, KRON and Oaklandside, are reporting that now-retired Oakland police captain Ersie Joyner was robbed at gunpoint simply after 1 p.m. on Thursday on the Chevron on the 1700 block of Castro Avenue.
It’s unclear who shot first, however surveillance footage obtained by the Chronicle discovered {that a} minute into the altercation, Joyner pulled out a gun and fired repeatedly on the alleged suspects. One reportedly died on the scene, in line with KRON.
Joyner was shortly after transported to a close-by hospital.
Joyner was beforehand the top of Oakland police’s Ceasefire program, a community-oriented strategy to gun violence, earlier than his retirement in 2019.
Anybody with details about the capturing can name Oakland police’s murder unit at (510) 238-3821 or the tip line at (510) 238-7950.
Oakland police didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from SFGATE.
Bay Metropolis Information Service contributed to this report.
