California parole agent shot dead in Oakland; suspect arrested

A California state parole agent was shot and killed in Oakland on Thursday, and a search was underway for a suspect, a law enforcement source told CBS News Bay Area.

The shooting happened at about 1 p.m. at a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation building at the corner of Edgewater Drive and Pardee Lane in East Oakland, just across Interstate Highway 880 from the Oakland Coliseum.

A large contingent of police and SWAT officers was later seen in an apparent standoff situation outside a building on Bancroft Avenue between 66th Avenue and Havenscourt Boulevard…

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