Oakland police officers shot
Rodney Bacchues, 6, laid flowers at the scene of the first shooting. Others expressed their condolences at City Hall, where community members could write messages in a notebook for each of the slain officers. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Patricia Franklin, right, puts her arm around Kelly Felner at a memorial at the corner of 74th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. “This is a sad situation where no one wins,” said Franklin, who lives in the neighborhood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A photo of slain Oakland Police Sgt. Ervin Romans sits by his condolence book at City Hall as community members write notes and prayers for family members for all the officers killed in a shootout Saturday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Heartfelt notes are written in the condolence books. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Framed through a window, a community member signs one of the four condolence books at City Hall. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Maryann Mitchell stands beside a memorial to Oakland police officers who have died in the line of duty, in the lobby of Oakland Police Department headquarters. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Alameda County paramedics David Barbeau and Anthony Santamaria, left, embrace after bringing flowers to a memorial set up for the slain officers. “We work with these police officers day in and day out. They are our friends,” Santamaria said. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Robin Suarez , who works for the city of Oakland, and her son Jason of Castro Valley take a moment to mourn the four police officers killed in two related shooting incidents Saturday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Curtis Mixon said he was talking to his nephew, Lovelle Mixon, on a cellphone when Lovelle was pulled over during a traffic stop in Oakland on Saturday. Lovelle told his uncle he’d call him back, but never did, Curtis Mixon said. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Lovelle Mixon’s sister, Enjoli Mixon said she had just walked to the store when SWAT officers stormed her 74th Avenue apartment in search of the shooting suspect. Lovelle and two SWAT sergeants died in the ensuing shootout. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Unidentified law enforcement officials embrace outside the emergency entrance to Highland Hospital, where the wounded officers were taken Saturday. (D. Ross Cameron / Associated Press)
An Oakland policeman pauses by his patrol car near the scene on MacArthur Boulevard where two law enforcement officials -- Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, and Officer John Hege, 41 -- were shot during a traffic stop. (D. Ross Cameron / Associated Press)
Yellow tape marks the scene of one of the shootings. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Officer L. Ausmus, right, is escorted away from Highland Hospital. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
A group prays outside the emergency room at Highland Hospital, where victims of the shootings were taken. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Deputy Police Chief Dave Kozicki, right, joins Mayor Ron Dellums at a news conference announcing three of the officers’ deaths Saturday night. The suspect, parolee Lovelle Mixon, was also killed in the shootout. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
