Daniel Takashi Sakai, a 35-year-old sergeant with the Oakland Police Department, tragically lost his life on March 21, 2009, in Oakland, California. Sergeant Sakai, along with his colleague Sergeant Ervin Romans, was part of a SWAT team deployed to apprehend a suspect who had earlier in the day fatally shot Sergeant Mark Dunakin and critically wounded Officer John Hege during a traffic stop. The initial incident occurred around 1:15 p.m. when the suspect, Lovelle Mixon, opened fire on the office
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