All Jose Esparza wanted to do was buy a video game for his 6-year-old son and then have lunch with his family. Esparza, who had just turned 39, made the fatal decision to stop at El Pueblo Market on International Boulevard to cash his $300 paycheck.
On the way out, two men attempted to rob him. As Esparza’s son looked on, the assailants shot the father. He died a short time later.
Once again, another life senselessly snuffed out on the streets of this city. Once again, another grieving widow in East Oakland suddenly left to raise her young children on her own.
Two weeks earlier, Carlos Nava was shot and killed on International Boulevard. The 3-year-old was in his stroller when two gang members began firing at two rivals on a crowded sidewalk. The toddler was killed in full view of his family.
The East Oakland boulevard was never a picnic. It has always been plagued by prostitution, drug dealing and murders.
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