OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An Oakland police officer shot during a traffic stop died Sunday, bringing the number of officers killed on the deadliest day in the department’s history to four, police said. Officer John Hege, 41, died at Highland Hospital after being gravely wounded in the first of two shootings on Saturday, Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said. A 26-year-old parolee wanted on a parole violation opened fire on Hege and 40-year-old Sgt. Mark Dunakin after they pulled him over Saturday afternoon, police said. ——Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Police: Fourth Oakland officer has died Sunday
By The Associated Press
March 21, 2009