Police Raids Linked to Editor's Slaying

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Source: Associated Press

Police Raids Linked to Editor's Slaying

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 3, 2007
Filed at 10:19 p.m. ET

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A gun linked to the slaying of an Oakland journalist was seized during raids early Friday targeting members of a Black Muslim group that operates a chain of bakeries, police said.

Colleagues said Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, 57, had been working on a story about Your Black Muslim Bakery before he was ambushed and killed Thursday morning in downtown Oakland. Witnesses said a masked gunman shot Bailey near the county courthouse around 7:30 a.m. Thursday and fled.

Oakland Police Lt. Ersie Joyner said he believes the seven people arrested Friday include those responsible for Bailey's death. Police say that they still do not have a motive for Bailey's killing, and that they had no knowledge that he was working on a story about the bakery.

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Joseph Debro, who writes a column for the Oakland Post, said Bailey had recently asked him for information about Your Black Muslim Bakery's financial troubles for a story Bailey was writing.

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