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Parolee in Oakland police shootings linked to rape (probable match, suspected in a 2008 murder)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/23/09 | Marcus Wohlsen - ap

Posted on 03/23/2009 9:39:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

SAN FRANCISCO – The parolee who killed three Oakland police officers and left a fourth brain-dead over the weekend had been tentatively linked by DNA evidence to a rape the day before the shootings, authorities said.

Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason confirmed a report on the San Francisco Chronicle's Web site on Monday night that DNA from an unsolved rape in Oakland in February was a probable match to that of 26-year-old Lovelle Mixon.

Investigators got that information Friday, the day before Mixon opened fire on the officers following a routine traffic stop. Mixon is the primary suspect in the rape and is being investigated to see if there are any connections to other rapes, Thomason said.

Thomason said further tests would need to be done on the DNA in question to make sure it is a solid match.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; lovellemixon; mixon; oakland; parolee; rape; shootings
He was a ticking timebomb.
1 posted on 03/23/2009 9:39:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

But his family was shocked!!??


2 posted on 03/23/2009 9:43:19 PM PDT by John123 (The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
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To: NormsRevenge

I communicated with the reporter from the SF Chron. He said they confirmed it was an AK-47.


3 posted on 03/23/2009 9:44:13 PM PDT by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh (I cling to guns and religion.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Problems involving parolees from California’s overcrowded prison system have long beset state officials who must monitor them, local officials who try to keep streets safe and federal authorities who enforce firearms and other laws.”

Should not have been a parolee. Should have been locked up for good.


4 posted on 03/23/2009 9:48:14 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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To: Wisconsinlady

Yeah, they blame guns and not judges and lawyers.


5 posted on 03/23/2009 9:51:28 PM PDT by Luke21
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Oakland Police: Parolee shot officers, stood over them and fired again
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_11981014


6 posted on 03/23/2009 9:55:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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Doomed SWAT sergeants didn’t expect an AK-47
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/matierandross/

When Oakland police Sgts. Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai burst into an apartment on 74th Avenue on Saturday, they knew they were entering a dangerous situation. After all, they were looking for a man who had already killed two police officers.

What they didn’t know was that the killer, Lovelle Mixon, had somehow gotten hold of an AK-47 assault rifle, police officials say. All they knew was that the gunman who had shot motorcycle officers Sgt. Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege about two hours earlier used a handgun.

“Nobody knew he had an AK-47,”


7 posted on 03/23/2009 9:59:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Savage was on fire talking about this story. I wish Hannity and Rush would talk about stuff like this instead of AIG all the time.


8 posted on 03/23/2009 10:00:45 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
"He said they confirmed it was an AK-47"

A real one, or a semi-auto, civilian version?

9 posted on 03/23/2009 10:07:48 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh

But I thought those guns were illegal!? How the hell did he get a gun that’s not manufactured in the United Sates nor is legal in the USA? We should ban these criminals from having these dangerous guns!!!

/end sarcasm.


10 posted on 03/23/2009 10:15:36 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
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To: NormsRevenge
But, but...AKs are illegal in CA...and felons aren't allowed to have guns or rape or murder. If the pos hadn't been killed then he would have really been in trouble, probably double, secret probation./s

Almost be funny if it weren't so tragic.

11 posted on 03/23/2009 11:11:04 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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To: Eagles6

and just maybe there would have been room in jail, and he not be paroled, if Oakland was not housing preachers in their jail for the crime of being too close to an abortion mill. yes 30 days for the good Rev. Hoye, but no room for scum bag repeat offender rapist murderer!!

That’s Oakland for you.


12 posted on 03/23/2009 11:17:43 PM PDT by dhm914
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To: NormsRevenge
“Nobody knew he had an AK-47,”

Sister knew he had one. She was keeping there for him to avoid parole violation charges. She MUST be tried on that count. Stupid judicial system and the lawyers who've screwed it up.

13 posted on 03/24/2009 4:47:32 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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To: Eagles6
I'm going to join you in that sarcasm... give me a minute to prepare... That poor man was deprived of his day in court! The police should have talked to him and gotten him to peacefully surrender! The death of this this cop killing rapist young man is the most tragic part of this whole thing. I feel faint just thinking about it. My heart just bleeds. Thank you. I guess I do that DU character too well. Need to find other sources of comedy.
14 posted on 03/25/2009 8:58:19 PM PDT by christx30
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