Chauncey Bailey, editor of the Oakland Post and a former reporter for the Oakland Tribune, was shot to death today on a downtown Oakland street in what police described as a targeted killing.
Bailey, 57, was shot just before 7:30 a.m. on 14th Street near Alice Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Witnesses said a lone gunman dressed in dark clothing approached Bailey, shot him twice and ran away. Oakland Fire Capt. Melinda Drayton said Bailey was shot first in the back and then once in the head.
Police spokesman Roland Holmgren said investigators believe the shooting was an assassination-style hit.
Bailey, who lived in Oakland and has a teenage son, was known for his assertive style of questioning city officials, Holmgren said.
He was well known in the African American community and was often invited to speak as an expert on black issues. In more than a decade at the Oakland Tribune, he covered African American issues ranging from AIDS in the black community to prison-sentencing policy to minority college enrollment. Before coming to the Tribune, he worked for 10 years at the Detroit News.
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