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Jun 19, 2009 10:52 am US/Pacific

Arrest In Oakland Motel Sister Killings

 CBS 5 CrimeWatch

OAKLAND (CBS 5 / KCBS / AP) ― Following a standoff early this morning, Oakland police arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting two sisters who were found dead in a hotel room Monday, police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason said.

Police received a call around midnight from someone who said Curtis Jason Powell, 28, is the man who killed Geraldine Latchison, 23, and Angel Latchison, 20, and that he was at a house in the 1000 block of 16th Street, Thomason said.

Police called a SWAT unit around 1:30 a.m. when they discovered people were inside, he said.

A hostage negotiator talked to Powell, who initially told police he was someone else, for more than an hour until he surrendered.

Thomason said police believed Powell had weapons inside the home and a woman and a 4-year-old child were also inside.

The Latchison sisters were found at the Value Inn at 370 W. MacArthur Blvd. at 11 p.m. Monday after the manager reported the shooting.

Family members said they had living there since June 5, after being evicted from their West Oakland home in an ongoing dispute with a landlord.

Thomasson said he expected investigators to question Powell about the murders later Friday.


No charges have been filed against Powell.  No weapons were immediately found as Powell surrendered, but police Friday morning were at the house with a search warrant looking for evidence.


(© 2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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