Relative of Oscar Grant shot by Oakland police

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A man shot and wounded by Oakland police over the weekend is a relative of Oscar Grant, the BART passenger killed by a police officer in 2009, and was unarmed when he was shot in the back, his attorney said today.

Tony Jones, 24, was shot once in the back by an Oakland officer on the 2000 block of 62nd Avenue in East Oakland about 11:45 p.m. Sunday after he ran from a van that police had stopped, according to police and Jones' attorney, Waukeen McCoy. Jones is being treated at Highland Hospital in Oakland.

Police have said Jones was armed with a gun, but McCoy said that was not true. Jones client ran because he saw a police car behind him and "thought they were coming up too close to him," McCoy said.

Police previously said that a gun was found at the scene. The officer who shot Jones has not been identified.

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[Scootaloo]

1. But remember, the REAL crime in Oakland is protestors using spray paint!

[southernyankeebelle]

2. Some how I don't blame the young man from running. As far as having a gun maybe he didn't

have one and maybe the police planted one in the van.

[sabrina 1]

3. I was thinking the same thing. He certainly has a good reason to fear the police. As for the gun,

it would have to have his fingerprints on it I would think, if they are going to produce it.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. It is even sad to think that could be possible that we are even thinking of it. Yet a couple of

weeks ago some officer was arresting a man and threatened to plant drugs in his car or on him. And these guys are paid to protect us. God forbid.