Tuan Le was fatally shot Dec. 29 while responding to a burglary. He was the first OPD officer to be killed while on duty since 2009.
Hundreds of attendees have arrived at a Castro Valley church to pay tribute to Tuan Le, the Oakland police officer who was fatally shot Dec. 29 while responding to a burglary.
Le’s death set off a torrent of grief throughout the Oakland Police Department and an outpouring of solidarity from a community devastated by the shocking attack and beset by an entrenched crime problem,” according to a report from this news organization.
Le, the first OPD officer to be killed while on duty since 2009, was fatally shot after responding in plainclothes with his partner late at night to the report of a burglary. Four suspects have since been arrested in relation to the burglary, with two of them facing murder charges. The mother of one of the suspects was arrested last week on suspicion of being an accessory to the crime, but she was released earlier this week with no charges yet filed.
The memorial, held privately at (3Crosses Church), was set to include remarks from Le’s uncle, cousin and brother-in-law; state Attorney General Rob Bonta; and Oakland Interim Police Chief Darren Allison. Pastor Emeritus Larry Void was set to preside over the ceremony.
The 36-year-old Le, a native of Vietnam, had obtained his citizenship on Sept. 11, 2001. He joined the OPD four years ago and for the past couple years served as a community resource officer in West Oakland.”
The video is courtesy of KTVU.
