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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Wed Sep 30, 2015, 09:45 PM Sep 2015

Artist fatally shot while working on anti-violence mural in Oakland [View all]

A mural artist was fatally shot Tuesday while working on a community art piece under a freeway overpass in Oakland, police said.

Police have not identified the artist, but friends say his name is Antonio Ramos, a painter who worked on a mural project led by the Attitudinal Healing Connection.

Ramos and a group of artists with the project were working on a mural conceptualized by middle-school students in West Oakland who re-imagined themselves as superheroes to help solve issues in their communities.

Oakland police said a gunman opened fire on Ramos about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 3500 block of West Street under the Interstate 580 overpass. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The gunman walked away before police arrived at the scene.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-artist-fatally-shot-oakland-20150930-story.html

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Artist fatally shot while working on anti-violence mural in Oakland [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

Any comment SecMO? GGJohn Sep 2015 #1

If only that artist had been armed, he could have defended himself. Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #2

Gang regime in Oakland: Killer would have "walked away" even with a knife. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #7

The artist was unarmed. Are you satisfied with the outcome? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #8

When the problem is too many guns, the solution is not more guns. n/t Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #9

When ... Straw Man Oct 2015 #10

I guess I'm just lucky. In 70 years nobody has ever wanted to shoot me. Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #12

Here's hoping you never need one. Straw Man Oct 2015 #17

Now that I think about it Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #18

I repeat: Straw Man Oct 2015 #19

Congratulations, on your good fortune. sarisataka Oct 2015 #20

So disarm the ATF. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #11

The way things are going it would be a good idea to disarm the police too. Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #13

Then who is going to be your keeper? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #14

My "keeper!" Really? Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #15

Yes, keeper. You deny others have a right to self defense. Presumably, you aren't a hypocrite and Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #16

When did "gang violence" .... Straw Man Oct 2015 #3

When it was noticed that lurid anecdotes are good for moral panic-mongering... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2015 #4

I think it's a catch-all PC expression. But it's gangs: Shooter "walked away." Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #6

Another gun abuse story... ileus Oct 2015 #5