He was not injured in the Jan. 19 incident, when San Leandro police say an officer fired at him during a foot chase after watching him turn toward the officer with the rifle in hand near the railroad tracks on the 800 block of Davis Street. No one was struck by the gunfire and Patterson continued to run before being arrested near a business on the 1600 block of Alvarado Street.
A coach at Elmhurst Middle School was standing on campus during a break when two men pulled up in a Chevrolet Tahoe, wearing ski masks, and jumped out of the car, according to police. "You got my cousin jumped," one of them allegedly told the man. "We're going to smoke you." A month later, on Dec. 15, one of the men made good on his threats, police said. The coach was walking on 98th Avenue during the day when a man pulled up in, asked the coach if he worked at Elmhurst, then opened fire twice. Both shots missed the coach, who called police after the gunman's Chevrolet Tahoe sped off.
It occurred at City Hall Plaza in downtown Oakland, around 4:30 p.m. Johnson and Williams squared off to fight over an ongoing dispute, but Williams allegedly grabbed a metal chair and swung at Johnson, hitting him in the back of the head. Johnson allegedly responded by pulling a pistol and shooting Williams in the abdomen. That's when police say McClain pulled out a pistol and shot Johnson in the foot.
"You have a 17-year-old kid who tried to kill people with a gun and is still walking around with guns," said a Manhattan police officer. "What do you think he's going to do with a gun? He's going to kill somebody."
Police say an official from East Brooklyn Community School in East Flatbush school called 911 after another student reported that the student in question brought a gun to school. Officers responded and found a loaded 9mm. Last month, a high school student in Queens was taken into custody when cops found a loaded gun on him after he allegedly posted an online threat about shooting up the school.
