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Article: Some Oakland students face life-or-death decisions as early as elementary school
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- June 6, 2009
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OAKLAND -- Josue Lopez-Gil was only one year out of elementary
school when he was shot and killed after dark on Memorial Day, a few
blocks from his home. Police say the suspect is a 13-year-old
classmate affiliated with a street gang, and that the shooting
appeared to be gang-related.
Since then, many in the neighborhood have lived with the fear of
retaliation -- either against the alleged killer or against the
young witnesses. A number of children at Josue's middle school,
Roots International, and his old elementary school, Lockwood, have
received serious threats, said Laura Moran, the chief services
officer for the Oakland Unified School District.
"I've gone to sleep every night just ...