Gang Massacre: Oakland Border Brothers vs Hayward Surenos

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Gang Massacre: Oakland Border Brothers vs Hayward Surenos

One of the worst gang wars in California history. Circa 2004.

OAKLAND — An Oakland man who barricaded himself inside his East Oakland home was found dead inside Wednesday after police stormed the house in a deluge of flash-emitting grenades and tear gas.

The man, whose identity hasn’t been released, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Danielle Ashford, spokeswoman for the Oakland Police Department.

Members of Oakland Police’s Special Weapons and Tactics team sealed off the area around the 1000 block of 107th Avenue around 5 p.m. Wednes-

day after a Crime Reduction Team attempted to serve a warrant on the suspect’s house. Police ordered area residents to shelter in place.

Officers reported hearing a gunshot after the man’s father fled the house. About half an hour after hearing the shot, officers stormed the house.

The suspect, described as a

30-year-old Latino male, was wanted in connection with the killing of 25-year-old Ulises Pineda, who was shot and killed Sept. 4 on the 1100 block of 107th Avenue, Ashford said.

It was at a shrine for Pineda at the corner of 94th Avenue and A Street where a wave of violence culminated with the shooting of six people Mon-

day night. Six others were shot near the intersection of 82nd and Bancroft avenues about 90 minutes prior. A total of three people died, including 13-year-old Hugo Cruz.

The shootings followed the burial ceremonies of Pineda, a known Border Brother gang member, and Alfonso Ramirez, 21, a suspected member of the Sureo gang from Hayward. Both were being buried, at almost the same time, at a cemetery in Hayward.

Police said some of Pineda’s associates flashed gang signs, prompting a confrontation at the cemetery that led to gunfire.

OAKLAND — A third family joined two others already in mourning Tuesday after a 13-year-old boy died from gunshot wounds suffered in a bloody afternoon of gang-related violence the day before.

Police blamed ongoing feuds between rival Sureo and Border Brothers gangs for the back-to-back shootings Monday that left the boy and two others dead and nine men wounded.

The latest victim, Hugo Cruz, 13, died from his injuries at Highland Hospital on Tuesday morning. Nineteen-year-old Judy Abbate, the mother of a 2-year-old girl, and 32-year-old Nestor J. Molina died Monday night at the hospital.

Cruz, Abbate and four others had returned from the Hayward funeral of a suspected Sureo when the blue Lincoln they were in was raked by gunfire from a passing car near 82nd and Bancroft avenues just before 5 p.m.

All were hit, including Abbate’s 21-year-old husband, Gabriel Mendez, who was driving but was able to make it to Highland Hospital.

In a possible act of retaliation, another round of gunfire at 94th Avenue and A Street two hours later left Molina dead and five others wounded.

They were gathered at a street shrine for a suspected Border Brothers member who had been killed Sept. 3 and whose funeral was also Monday at the same Hayward cemetery.

Family members of 19-year-old Judy Abbate said they were in shock Tuesday and not ready to talk to the press. She had been raised in East Oakland by her great-grandmother.

Her great-uncle Robert Abbate did express disgust at the gang violence plaguing Oakland and said the family was trying to decide how to break the news to Abbate’s daughter, who will be 3 years old in November.

Investigators suspect Monday’s violence in Oakland might be linked to a gunshot-filled confrontation earlier in the day at a Hayward cemetery where two men associated with the Border Brothers and Surenos were being buried, coincidentally at almost the same time.

One of the burials was for Alfonso Ramirez, 21, a construction worker and suspected Sureo from Hayward. The other was for reputed Border Brother Ulises “Boo Boo” Pineda. Police said some of Pineda’s associates began flashing gang signs that prompted the confrontation.

The victims in the first shooting had been at the service, as had some of the men wounded later on 94th Avenue, which is a known Border Brothers area. The second shooting, which occurred at 6:52 p.m., may have been in retaliation for the first.

Two of the men wounded on 94th told police they used to be gang members but had not been involved for some time. One of them said he had gone to the funeral for Pineda and later came to 94th Avenue “to drink some beer in his memory.”

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