Mac Factory in the news

Today we went to our old home: the Mac Factory in East Oakland. We were there to help unload some trash from Kenji's truck. On the way in, I noticed that the security gate had been destroyed, and several cars in the lot had been smashed into each other. It looked like something big or fast had done it, as the cars had obviously been parked, and you could see the tire skid marks for six feet on one of the cars. My mom called the supe to ask him what hd happened, and it turns out that early in the morning a big rig had somehow made it into the Mac Factory lot and crashed into someones car. The details that follow are unclear, but it looks like the guy whose car had been damaged called the police, the truck driver then went berserk and destroyed five other cars, some electrical wiring conduit and the gate before fleeing onto 880. A little later, hew was pulled over by the CHP and he opened fire on one of the officers with a shotgun. Here's the sfgate report:

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Big rig driver arrested in Oakland police shooting case

Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, August 30, 2009

(08-30) 17:49 PDT OAKLAND -- The driver of a big rig truck was arrested today after he shot and wounded an Oakland police officer on Interstate 880, fled the scene and then crashed, police said.

The suspect, a 41-year-old Alameda man whose name wasn't released, had been pulled over by two officers about 3:45 a.m. on northbound Interstate 880 near the 66th Avenue off-ramp because he appeared to be driving erratically, said Officer Jeff Thomason, Oakland police spokesman.

The driver came out of the truck and opened fire with a shotgun, injuring one of the officers in the foot, Thomason said. The officer, whose name wasn't disclosed, was treated and released.

Police returned fire, but the man got back into the truck and continued north on I-880 before crashing and flipping over between High Street and 29th Avenue, Thomason said. He ran from the truck but was arrested near 35th Avenue and East 9th Street at 11:25 a.m.

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