Prominent black journalist gunned down in Oakland

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 (AFP): A noted journalist and advocate of the African American community in Oakland, California was gunned down in broad daylight in a targeted killing, police said Friday.
Witnesses told police a masked gunman approached Chauncey Bailey, 57, on a downtown street Thursday and fired a shot to his back and another to his head before fleeing.
"The shooting does not appear to be random," Oakland Police spokesman Roland Holmgren told the media.
Bailey had recently been named the editor at the Oakland Post, one of the largest African American publications in the state.
He had long been known in the community as an outspoken critic of corruption.
"Chauncey was an advocate for the low income ghettos and black communities," said Lynda Carson, an Oakland tenants' rights activist. "He was always poking around and asking the right questions."
Some former colleagues believe the sensitivity of Bailey's reporting may be connected to his assassination-style killing.