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Police Fatally Shoot Man At Oakland Train Station

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Jan 2, 2009 7:31 am US/Pacific

Police Fatally Shoot Man At Oakland Train Station

OAKLAND (AP) ― BART police and the Alameda County district attorney's office are investigating the fatal shooting of a Hayward man by a BART police officer at an Oakland BART station.

A BART spokesman says officers were trying to restrain 22-year-old Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale station early yesterday morning when an officer's gun went off.

Grant was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

Authorities are trying to determine whether the gun was fired intentionally or accidentally.

Police officers were at the station in response to a report of two groups of men fighting on a train coming from San Francisco.

The officer -- whose name has not been released -- has been placed on administrative leave.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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