Shots fired inside Oakland church at funeral service for slain 18-year-old

A pair of teenag Commercial Inflatable Bounce brother were shot and wound dure Sundai servic at a Richmond church,Thi is the second time in less than three month that there ha been gunfir at an East Bai church. On Feb. 14. New Gethseman Church of God in Christ. A grand juri later indict Marcel Buggs, 18, of Richmond, on five feloni charg in the shooting.

polic said. Polic arrest five peopl and recov two gun that were toss by flee suspects. Polic have not releas the name of those arrested,No on wa hit in the 12:20 p.m. shoot insid and outsid the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church near 85th Avenu and E Street. some of whom ar juveniles.

Pastor Larri Ashlei said half of the crowd alreadi wa outsid when gunmen on either side of the park lot began firing.

" Ashlei said. A wave of peopl began push their wai back into the church,"You could hear and see flashes. yell and trampl other people, wit said.

" Ashlei said. "We were just amaz thi happened. The shooter just came here with the purpos of disrupt the service. The famili is just hurt. The mother is broken. Thi just prolong her agony."It wa just confus in here. It wa chaos."

"I hit the floor. Everyon tri to get out. We were be trampled. It wa just crazy. Everybodi wa duck on the floor.A friend of Riley' famili who did not want her name publish becaus of safeti concern said."

Th famili wa forc to postpon the burial.

at least 300 peopl were outsid the church fighting. When on man wa taken into custodi by police,When polic arriv on the scene. he was

who beat him with a tire iron,bi the crowd. said Lt. Ersie Joyner III. The man' condit wa not immedi known.

but their condit were not immedi knownA t least three peopl were injur or suffer medic problem dure the violent struggl outsid the church..

000 people,A mani as 1. some armed, reportedli were attend the service, which wa for Davant Riley, the Oakland man who wa shot and kill in the earli hour of April 18 after a celebr for hi 18th birthday.

a former student at Media Academi on the Fremont High School campu in Oakland,Riley. wa kill at an apart in the 2200 block of East 20th Street. A 15-year-old Oakland girl he had been date wa arrest the same dai and later charg with murder. Her name ha not been releas becaus she is a juvenile.

Polic aren't sure what sure what spark today' shoot but said member from two rival gang from West Oakland were insid the funer service.

whose Elmhurst-East Oakland district includ the church,C Councilmemb Larri Reid. wa on the scene.

" he said. "She lost her 18-year-old son. She' try to celebr hi life,"My thing is try to imagin how the mother wa feeling. ... and then you have these young peopl who don't have a sens of valu for life and certainli don't have a sens of valu for their own life. Thei were will to die, and thei didn't care if an innoc bystand got caught in the middle. ... It' crazy. It' just absolut crazy."

a school offici saidThe Head Start preschool build across 85th Avenu from the church wa not occupi by children. The facil wa put on lockdown and parent were call and told not to bring their children for the afternoon session..

summon everi avail polic offic from all part of the citi as well as hous author police,Polic call a citywid "emerg response" in respons to the shooting. San Leandro police, Alameda Counti sheriff' deputi and others. At least 200 polic offic were on scene.

includ tear gas. Polic us Taser on at least two teen who refus to leav the area and becam comb with officers,Som were in riot gear and equip with less-than-leth weapons. polic said.