Gunfight at the Oakland bingo hall: Chaos ensues after robbery attempt

Gunfight at the Oakland bingo hall: Chaos ensues after robbery attempt

OAKLAND — It was just another night of fun at a local bingo hall, until two stickup men rolled up in a Volkswagen and the gunfire started. By the end of the June 7 incident, one of the suspects was hospitalized with a bullet in his stomach, handcuffed to his bed with a transfer to county jail pending. The other robber had made a clean getaway, and the security guard who intervened in the attempted robbery barely avoided being shot, according to …