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| Mother of eight, 33, is brutally executed while visiting Oakland |
| 2024-08-19 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] …'after confronting drug dealers who'd just targeted her kids with weed' A mother-of-eight was brutally murdered in crime-ridden Oakland after confronting teenage drug dealers who had allegedly just sold her kids marijuana. Maria Ramos, 33, was visiting her mother, Blanca Velasco, with her eight children on August 7 when known drug dealers approached two of her children and reportedly sold them marijuana pipes. Ramos and Velasco then decided to follow the blue Toyota sedan to tell them to stop coming to her house, according to KTVU. Surveillance footage obtained by the TV station shows the suspects stop at an intersection, with one opening the driver's side door. Ramos and Velaso, in a gray SUV, then stop right next to the vehicle. Ramos, who had struggled with substance abuse in the past, got out of the passenger side when tragedy struck. The teenagers inside the vehicle began shooting at her, with one passenger getting out of the car and firing more shots as Ramos ran away. After a few moments, Velasco could also be seen driving the SUV away from the scene. She recounted how she thought her daughter was just taking cover. 'I just saw her taking off and I just heard the bang,' Velasco told NBC Bay Area. 'And then I pressed on the gas to put my car in front of their car to shield my daughter,' she said. 'I saw my daughter going down, but I thought my daughter was taking cover.' She told the San Francisco Chronicle she then peered into the back seat of the Toyota - where she saw a teenage boy half leaning out the window pointing a gun toward her. In a panic, Velasco said she sped off with the Toyota trailing her, before eventually losing it in traffic. She then doubled back to get Ramos, and at first didn't see her - until she noticed her daughter lying on the street in a puddle of blood. Arriving police attempted life-saving measures, but Ramos was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers then worked to identify the suspects' vehicle and were able to bring three suspects - two minors and 19-year-old Isaiah Gomez - into custody. They now believe Ramos was shot by a 16 year old, who is being held at Alameda County Juvenile Hall, but police are also investigating whether Ramos may have sprayed pepper spray at the suspects before they fired. Gomez, meanwhile, was detained and questioned by police, but pleaded not guilty during a hearing on Friday, according to the Chronicle. He has since been released with an ankle monitor. Velasco told KPIX she worries that the city's woke District Attorney Pamela Price will not charge her daughter's killer as an adult. Price faces a recall election in November over her soft-on-crime policies. 'If you were big enough to get a gun and kill somebody, you're big enough to pay the price.' Related: Pamela Price 02/10/2024 California Gov. Gavin Newsom, tough on crime. Pamela Price 12/31/2023 Police officer dies in the line of duty after being shot in crime-ridden Oakland as woke district attorney faces recall over city's rampant violent theft Pamela Price 10/30/2023 Woke California DA waited an hour for police response to stolen laptop before giving up Related: Oakland: 2024-08-15 Special Forces Soldier Who Shot Chechen Illegal Won't Be Charged; Details Reveal Tom Clancy-Like Scene Oakland: 2024-08-14 MSNBC and Others Silent on Joy Reid's Racist Rant Calling White Sen. Mayonnaise Oakland: 2024-08-11 Governor Hair Gel Vows to 'Redirect' Funds from Communities Not Addressing Homelessness |
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