Oakland man and helpful neighbor slain; 2 held (San Francisco Chronicle)

7 March 2010, 12:26 am

He survived rheumatic fever at age 9 and a 20-foot fall from a ladder when he was 50. But John Wilson Jones Jr., 56, could not survive the street violence of West Oakland. On Friday, Jones was talking to a neighbor when two men drove up at 2:35 p.m. in the...... Read More »

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