There was a robbery, gunfire and a chase in my neighborhood Thursday. There was an insane number of police cars, when I drove right by that music school maybe 20-30 minutes after it happened, and as I tried to drive down 51st towards Telegraph Ave., that intersection was barricaded for a block in each direction.
Sheesh. My thoughts are with the boy and his family.
A 10-year-old boy shot Thursday by a stray bullet fired during a robbery could face permanent paralysis in his legs, authorities said today, although they won’t know for sure for several days. A spokesperson at Children’s Hospital Oakland, where the boy remains in fair condition, would not discuss his injuries.
The boy was taking piano lessons at a music school in North Oakland about 4:32 p.m. when the bullet came through the wall and struck him.
Katharine Wells, office manager at the Piedmont Piano Co. at Pleasant Valley and Piedmont avenues, said she heard gunshots, which were fired during an armed robbery of a Chevron station across the street.
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The Piedmont Piano Co. Harmony Road Music School, where the boy was shot, was open Friday but remained quiet.
Will Cunningham, an attendant who has been employed at the Chevron gas station for the past 13 years, said it was the first time such a thing had happened in the neighborhood.
Police gave the following account of the incident: With his girlfriend, Maeve Clifford, 19, in the passenger seat, Adams started to flee the gas station in a Mustang, but quickly came in sight of two police officers who had heard the gunfire while investigating a traffic wreck nearby at Howe Street and Pleasant Valley.
They chased the Mustang to 51st Street and Telegraph Avenue, where it collided with a silver four-door sedan containing a woman and two children and then hit a parked Chevrolet Avalanche truck. Adams tried to run off but was arrested.
Police said Adams is suspected of other robberies in Oakland and possibly other cities. They said he used to work at the now-closed Berkeley Iceland.
He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a firearm, armed robbery, evading police, hit-and-run, auto theft and carrying a concealed firearm. Authorities said Adams has prior convictions for possession of a concealed weapon and evading arrest.
