Jermaine Newton

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2026, Jermaine Newton, a 47-year-old employee of the Oakland Public Works Department, was taking his dog for a walk in his East Oakland Hills neighborhood. The quiet residential area near Leona Drive and Old Quarry Loop was tragically disrupted around 6:15 a.m. when Newton was fatally shot. Responding to reports of a person down, police officers arrived to find Newton suffering from at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The inciden ...

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