02 August 2007
Chauncey Bailey
Shooting
A 19-year-old man has confessed to killing prominent African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey, who was gunned down in Oakland as he walked to work.
Devaughndre Broussard, a handyman at Your Black Muslim Bakery, told authorities he killed Bailey, police Sgt. Tony Jones said. Authorities later said they found evidence linking the business to Bailey's death along with two other slayings. The Oakland Tribune said Broussard told police he killed Bailey because he was angry about Bailey's past stories about the bakery and concerned about future articles he might be working on. Bailey reportedly was working on a story about a bankruptcy filing by the business at the time he was killed.
