Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a tough East Oakland neighborhood.
The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School last year.
Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he died.
Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in the shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where homes sit behind black or silver chain-link fences.
One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, competitive, respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't know why he was shot.
"God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 years with my son."
Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much dropping like flies."
> Teen boy shot dead a block from home > Demian Bulwa
> Monday, July 14, 2008
> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot > multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a > tough East Oakland neighborhood.
> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a > student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School last > year.
> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of > 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, > where he died.
> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in the > shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where homes sit > behind black or silver chain-link fences.
> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, competitive, > respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't know why he was > shot.
> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 > years with my son."
> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much dropping > like flies."
That's why my family was smart enough to move out of Oakland in 1956.
>> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot >> multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a >> tough East Oakland neighborhood.
>> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a >> student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School last >> year.
>> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of >> 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, >> where he died.
>> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in the >> shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where homes sit >> behind black or silver chain-link fences.
>> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
>> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, competitive, >> respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't know why he was >> shot.
>> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 >> years with my son."
>> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much dropping >> like flies."
> That's why my family was smart enough to move out of Oakland in 1956.
Then your family must have also been "smart enough" to invest all their $$ in Microsoft stock in 1988 ...eh?
>>> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot >>> multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a >>> tough East Oakland neighborhood.
>>> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a >>> student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School >>> last year.
>>> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of >>> 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, >>> where he died.
>>> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in the >>> shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where homes sit >>> behind black or silver chain-link fences.
>>> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
>>> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, >>> competitive, respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't >>> know why he was shot.
>>> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 >>> years with my son."
>>> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much dropping >>> like flies."
>> That's why my family was smart enough to move out of Oakland in 1956.
> Then your family must have also been "smart enough" to invest all their $$ > in > Microsoft stock in 1988 ...eh?
>>>> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot >>>> multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a >>>> tough East Oakland neighborhood.
>>>> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a >>>> student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School >>>> last year.
>>>> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block >>>> of 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in >>>> Oakland, where he died.
>>>> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in >>>> the shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where homes >>>> sit behind black or silver chain-link fences.
>>>> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
>>>> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, >>>> competitive, respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't >>>> know why he was shot.
>>>> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 >>>> years with my son."
>>>> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much dropping >>>> like flies."
>>> That's why my family was smart enough to move out of Oakland in 1956.
>> Then your family must have also been "smart enough" to invest all their >> $$ in >> Microsoft stock in 1988 ...eh?
>> Loser.
> Quite the segue.
So your family wasn't really that "smart" were they numbnuts?
>>>> "Reality_CheckŠ" <Real...@Check.it> wrote in message >>>> news:6efta8F6toa8U1@mid.individual.net... >>>>> Teen boy shot dead a block from home >>>>> Demian Bulwa
>>>>> Monday, July 14, 2008
>>>>> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot >>>>> multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a >>>>> tough East Oakland neighborhood.
>>>>> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a >>>>> student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School >>>>> last year.
>>>>> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block >>>>> of 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in >>>>> Oakland, where he died.
>>>>> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in >>>>> the shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where >>>>> homes sit behind black or silver chain-link fences.
>>>>> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
>>>>> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, >>>>> competitive, respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't >>>>> know why he was shot.
>>>>> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 >>>>> years with my son."
>>>>> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much >>>>> dropping like flies."
>>>> That's why my family was smart enough to move out of Oakland in 1956.
>>> Then your family must have also been "smart enough" to invest all their >>> $$ in >>> Microsoft stock in 1988 ...eh?
>>> Loser.
>> Quite the segue.
> So your family wasn't really that "smart" were they numbnuts?
My guess is that you or someone in your family has made money in a Microsoft investment, and since you were lucky, and probably not that smart, you like to pull it out of your ass like some great badge of authority and wave it around like you've meant something in life. It has nothing to do with the topic at hand, and that is what gives it away as a favorite ploy. No, I never had a dime in Microsoft. According to your "logic" anyone who missed the boat on Microsoft investing is not too smart. But, that would be almost everyone. A very thin slice of the population owns much of Microsoft. Don't feel bad, lots of lucky people like to pretend they were smart when they were really only lucky. Even lottery winners typically like to pretend they had something to do with the outcome of the draw.
>>>>> "Reality_CheckŠ" <Real...@Check.it> wrote in message >>>>> news:6efta8F6toa8U1@mid.individual.net... >>>>>> Teen boy shot dead a block from home >>>>>> Demian Bulwa
>>>>>> Monday, July 14, 2008
>>>>>> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was >>>>>> shot multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's >>>>>> home in a tough East Oakland neighborhood.
>>>>>> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a >>>>>> student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School >>>>>> last year.
>>>>>> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block >>>>>> of 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in >>>>>> Oakland, where he died.
>>>>>> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in >>>>>> the shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where >>>>>> homes sit behind black or silver chain-link fences.
>>>>>> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
>>>>>> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, >>>>>> competitive, respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't >>>>>> know why he was shot.
>>>>>> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 >>>>>> years with my son."
>>>>>> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much >>>>>> dropping like flies."
>>>>> That's why my family was smart enough to move out of Oakland in 1956.
>>>> Then your family must have also been "smart enough" to invest all their >>>> $$ in >>>> Microsoft stock in 1988 ...eh?
>>>> Loser.
>>> Quite the segue.
>> So your family wasn't really that "smart" were they numbnuts?
> My guess is that you or someone in your family has made money in a > Microsoft investment, and since you were lucky, and probably not that > smart, you like to pull it out of your ass like some great badge of > authority and wave it around like you've meant something in life.
Thou doth protest too much, methinks, about you family's "luck" in moving from Oakland in '56.
> It has nothing to do with the topic at hand, and that is what gives it > away as a favorite ploy. No, I never had a dime in Microsoft. According to > your "logic" anyone who missed the boat on Microsoft investing is not too > smart.
According to you anyone who didn't "move out of Oakland in '56" is not too smart.
> But, that would be almost everyone. A very thin slice of the population > owns much of Microsoft. Don't feel bad, lots of lucky people like to > pretend they were smart when they were really only lucky. Even lottery > winners typically like to pretend they had something to do with the > outcome of the draw.
You really are dumber than a box of rocks, aren't you boy?
> Teen boy shot dead a block from home > Demian Bulwa
> Monday, July 14, 2008
> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot > multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a tough > East Oakland neighborhood.
> The teenager was identified by his family as Derrick Mixon, who was a > student at the Castlemont Business and Information Technology School last > year.
> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of > 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, > where he died.
> Police released no information about possible suspects or motives in the > shooting, which happened near a liquor store on a block where homes sit > behind black or silver chain-link fences.
> One neighborhood resident said he heard about six gunshots.
> Derrick's mother, Diane Mixon-Scott, said her son was smart, competitive, > respectful and active in his church. She said she didn't know why he was > shot.
> "God makes no mistakes," she said. "I just feel blessed he gave me 15 years > with my son."
> Mixon-Scott said young people in East Oakland are "pretty much dropping like > flies."
> Teen boy shot dead a block from home > Demian Bulwa
> Monday, July 14, 2008
> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot > multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a tough > East Oakland neighborhood. > Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of > 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, > where he died.
What is a 15 yearold doing out in a bad neighborhood at that time? What kind of parenting is that? I think they should be shot too..
> "Reality_CheckŠ" <Real...@Check.it> wrote in message >> Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot >> multiple times Saturday night just a block from his family's home in a > tough >> East Oakland neighborhood. >> Derrick was hit in his upper torso about 10:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of >> 96th Avenue, police said. He was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, >> where he died.
> What is a 15 yearold doing out in a bad neighborhood at that time? > What kind of parenting is that?
I went politicking in East Oakland a few years back, walking up and down the neighborhood streets passing out campaign literature. A lot of Oakland is composed of neatly kept houses, well cared for lawns, clean cars ... I was talking to one home owner about crime in Oakland and he pointed down the block to where East 14th crossed his street (E. 14th is THE main drag). He said "Down there is the jungle and no matter what we do, our kids can't stay away from it."
It was driving him and his neighbors out of their minds knowing that everything they did, everything they tried, was useless. These were decent two parent families with jobs, and the darkness was right there at the end of the street.
