Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced the city’s 100th homicide of 2021 at a Monday new conference in which he called on the community to help his officers reduce gun violence.

With the Oakland City Council scheduled tonight to take up two proposals aimed at boosting its violence prevention and policing efforts, and in the wake of a particularly bloody week, Armstrong said Oaklanders are coping with extreme levels of “fear and trauma.”

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.