Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 29, 2023, at 8:44 a.m. in Oakland, Calif. Le was shot while responding to a burglary at a cannabis business along the city’s waterfront and is the 54th Oakland police officer to die in the line of duty. (Oakland Police Department via Bay City News)

Authorities have released the names of two primary suspects in the shooting death of Officer Tuan Le last week.  

Mark Sanders, a 27-year-old man from Tracy, and Allen Brown, 28, are both being charged with Le’s homicide, according to Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.  Price, Interim Oakland Police Chief Darren Allison and others held a press conference Wednesday night to release more information about the case. 

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.