Masked gunman kills Oakland Post editor

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The outspoken editor of the Oakland Post was shot to death Thursday near a downtown courthouse in what police suspect was a deliberate hit.

Chauncey Bailey, 57, was killed around 7:30 a.m., Oakland Police spokesman Roland Holmgren said. Witnesses told police a man wearing a mask shot Bailey multiple times and then fled.

Police had no motive for the killing but said it did not appear to be random. Holmgren said investigators would look into any possible connections with Bailey's work. He took over in June.

"All of those possibilities will have to be definitely explored and explored thoroughly," Holmgren said.