Retired Oakland police captain and former Ceasefire head Ersie Joyner reportedly is hospitalized following a Thursday afternoon shooting at a gas station.
Citing two law enforcement sources, The San Francisco Chronicle reported officers found Joyner at a West Oakland gas station "littered with bullet casings" just after 1 p.m. Another man had died at the scene of the shooting, according to the report.
An Oakland police spokesperson confirmed officers responded to a ShotSpotter notification in the 1700 block of Castro Street just after 1 p.m. Officers found two victims on the scene: one who died, and another who was hospitalized. Police have not identified the victims.
Oakland police said the department would hold a news briefing Thursday evening outside Highland Hospital, where Joyner was reportedly being treated. His condition was unclear.
Neither Mayor Libby Schaaf or former police chief Howard Jordan responded to KCBS Radio's requests for comment Thursday afternoon.
The Chronicle reviewed security footage in which three people approached Joyner "in an apparent robbery attempt." Using a handgun he was carrying, Joyner then "fired multiple shots at his assailants at close range."
Joyner appeared shot on the footage, according to the outlet, and he took cover behind a gas pump as at least one of his assailants drove away in a dark-colored sedan. Another one of the assailants tried to lift a man who fell near the gas pump before fleeing.
Up until his retirement in 2019, Joyner had led Oakland's anti-violence Ceasefire program since 2013, overseeing its expansion. Joyner currently works in the cannabis industry and owns dispensaries in Oakland and San Francisco, according to the Chronicle.
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