A memorial service is being planned next week for Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le who was killed in the line of duty last month. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign for Le’s family has more than doubled its original goal, collecting more than $116,000 in five days.

The GoFundMe page for Officer Le’s family set a goal of $50,000 when it went online last Sunday night.

About 1,200 donors have given $116,468 as of 8:30 p.m. Friday. The organizers have set a new goal of $125,000.

A screenshot of the GoFundMe page for Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le shows the campaign as having raised more than $116,000 as of Friday night — more than double the original $50,000 goal. (Image via GoFundMe)

Le was shot multiple times a week ago while responding to a burglary at a cannabis dispensary and died within hours.

“He was a dedicated public servant, loving husband, and cherished member of the Oakland community,” Arlene Lum of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber Foundation, which organized the effort, wrote on the fundraising site. “He will be remembered as a hero who dedicated his life to making the Oakland community safer and bringing positive changes.”

Funds raised by the campaign will be donated to support Le’s family. He is survived by his wife, mother, and two dogs, Lum said.

Three men charged in Le’s death

Le, 36, was shot about 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 29 in the 400 block of Oakland’s Embarcadero, and died at a hospital at 8:44 a.m., police said.

Three men have been charged in connection with Le’s death, according to documents from the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office filed Thursday.

Two men with lengthy criminal histories have been charged with murder — Mark Sanders, 27, and Allen Brown, 28. A third man, Sebron Ray Russell, is being charged with second-degree burglary for his alleged role.

Police booking photos of three suspects in the killing of Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le on Dec. 29, 2023. From left to right are Mark Demetrious Sanders, 27, of Tracy; Allen Starr Brown, 28, of Chico; and Sebron Ray Russell, 28. (Alameda County Sheriff’s Office via Bay City News)

Interim Police Chief Darren Allison said officers initially responded around 1 a.m. to a report of a burglary at the dispensary but eventually left the scene, then returned at about 4:30 a.m. for a call of a second burglary at the same location.

Officers saw multiple people leaving the scene and at least one person opened fire multiple times, striking Le, who was working as a plainclothes officer and driving an unmarked vehicle.

Le, who joined the Oakland police force in 2020 after graduating from its academy, was born in Vietnam before moving to Oakland and being naturalized as a U.S. citizen on Sept. 11, 2001.

A memorial service for Le is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 3 Crosses Church in Castro Valley.