CA: Two rookies accidentally kill undercover cop
17 Jan 2001
Final result from Oakland, Ca: Rookies 11, Undercover Cop 0
(The rookies killed him accidentally with 11 shots.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/13/MN182790.DTL
Saturday, January 13, 2001
(Photos included)
Two rookie Oakland patrolmen shot and killed an undercover narcotics
officer Ö who they didn't realize was one of their own - as he arrested
a suspected car thief, authorities said yesterday.
The unidentified officers, ages 23 and 29, fired their weapons near the
corner of 90th Avenue and B Street in Oakland about 11:15 p.m. Thursday
when they saw Officer William "Willie" Wilkins, 29, dressed in
plainclothes, with a gun in his hand, Oakland Police Chief Richard Word
said yesterday at a somber news conference attended by top police and
city officials.
The two patrol officers, each with no more than a year of police
experience, did not recognize Wilkins, a seven-year veteran who
witnesses said was clad in a stocking cap, blue jeans and a coat with a
T-shirt underneath.
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See also:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/12/cop.DTL
Oakland Police Rookies Kill Fellow Officer
Friday, January 12, 2001
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/12/MN57472.DTL
Cops Kill Cop
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/15/MN189411.DTL
Oakland Rookie Cops Didn't Hear Warning
Monday, January 15, 2001
Seconds before two rookie Oakland patrolmen killed an undercover officer
last week, a third officer yelled to them that William Wilkins was a
fellow officer -- but his plea wasn't heard in the commotion at the
scene, investigators said this morning.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/16/MNW180657.DTL
Slain Cop Lived for Family, Job
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/16/MNW31259.DTL
Oakland Defends Cops in Shooting
excerpt:
Scarrott and Koponen arrived on B Street just after the chase ended.
Nash pulled up 50 feet away, recognized Wilkins and shouted, "Hey, it's
Willie."
But Scarrott and Koponen didn't hear him, police said, firing 11 shots
at a man they thought was intent on doing harm.
"Both officers gave command to the individual with the gun to drop it,"
Berlin said. "(Wilkins) looked at the officers and then looked at the
suspect and took a step toward the suspect."
Fearing that he would shoot the man, the patrol officers "made a
decision as they were trained to, to use lethal force to stop that
threat," Berlin said.
Although an internal investigation is continuing, interviews with
officers and witnesses indicate that the rookies acted according to
department policy, Berlin said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/17/ED184690.DTL
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