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Oakland police describe Monday stabbing spree as ‘random,’ victim identified
A series of seemingly random stabbings in East Oakland on Monday evening were carried out by the same suspect, police said Tuesday at a press conference. Just before 7:30 p.m. Monday, a stabbing occurred at Cesar Chavez Park on 38th Avenue. The victim, identified Tuesday as Gonsalo Lopez, 58, was pronounced dead at the scene. […] The post Oakland police describe Monday stabbing spree as ‘random,’ victim identified appeared first on Local News Matters .
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A series of seemingly random stabbings in East Oakland on Monday evening were carried out by the same suspect, police said Tuesday at a press conference. Just before 7:30 p.m. Monday, a stabbing occurred at Cesar Chavez Park on 38th Avenue. The victim, identified Tuesday as Gonsalo Lopez, 58, was pronounced dead at the scene. […] The post Oakland police describe Monday stabbing spree as ‘random,’ victim identified appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Oakland police describe Monday stabbing spree as ‘random,’ victim identified, A series of seemingly random stabbings in East Oakland on Monday evening were carried out by the same suspect, police said Tuesday at a press conference. Just before 7:30 p.m. Monday, a stabbing occurred at Cesar Chavez Park on 38th Avenue. The victim, identified Tuesday as Gonsalo Lopez, 58, was pronounced dead at the scene. […] The post Oakland police describe Monday stabbing spree as ‘random,’ victim identified appeared first on Local News Matters .
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