Protesters demand justice in killing of Erik Salgado, Oakland man shot by CHP
The Oakland intersection where a 23-year-old man was fatally shot by California Highway Patrol officers transformed on Monday into a rally seeking justice for Erik Salgado — the latest Bay Area man killed by law enforcement.
Signs proclaiming “Justice for Erik Salgado,” flowers and candles decorated the intersection at 98th Avenue and Cherry Street where the fatal shooting occurred Saturday night. The family, joined by hundreds of demonstrators demanding an end to police killings of black and brown people, demanded an explanation for the shooting. But officials with the CHP and Oakland police, who are investigating the shooting, remained tightlipped Tuesday.
Salgado and his girlfriend, who survived, were shot on the 9600 block of Cherry Street at 10:46 p.m. Saturday by CHP officers who were “conducting a criminal investigation,” Oakland police have said. The victim’s family said his girlfriend is four months pregnant and that the couple has a 3-year-old daughter.
Salgado, an Oakland resident, was driving a 2018 Dodge Challenger that was among more than 70 vehicles stolen from a San Leandro car dealership last week, said Lt. Ted Henderson, a San Leandro police spokesman.
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