OAKLAND (KRON) — The Oakland Police Department and the Alameda County coroner’s office have identified the person killed in an officer involved shooting Saturday morning.
That man has been identified as 30-year-old Demouria Hogg of Hayward.
Around 7:27 a.m, the Oakland Police Department got a call from the city’s fire department about an unresponsive driver on the Lakeshore off ramp of the westbound Highway 580. The fire department told police communications that the driver may have had a firearm in his vehicle.
Two uniformed officers responded to the scene and used a loud-speaker to try to communicate with the driver to have him safely surrender. Police said that the driver was not responsive.
While continuing to give directions via the PA system, officers approached the vehicle and used a metal pipe to break the passenger side glass in an attempt to establish communication with the driver.
At that time, officers were able to confirm that a firearm was inside the vehicle.
Police said that after the side glass was broken, the driver responded. According to the Oakland Police Department, a confrontation occurred. During that, one of the officers deployed his taser, and the other discharged a firearm, hitting Hogg.
Paramedics were waiting nearby. They took Hogg to the hospital, where he later died as a result of his injury.
Police were able to recover a loaded handgun with an attached illegal extended magazine. According to police reports, the same vehicle was used in a burglary that happened Friday night in San Francisco.
The officers involved were wearing body cameras which were activated. Investigators are reviewing the video and interviewing witnesses as well as collecting surveillance video from the area.
This is the first deadly officer involved shooting since May 2013.
In accordance with department policy, this shooting will be investigated by the Oakland Police Department’s Homicide Section, the Oakland Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division and the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.