. >> reporter: as crime continues to escalate, police chief lauran lauran armstrong says the system system is failing the city and alameda county. he is pleading with the district attorney's office and judges to have criminals held accountable for their crimes. >> don't let them back out into our community to continue to drive gun violence. young people people that are taken into custody with firearms. there has has to be some level of oversight when they do come back come back into our community. >> about 20 minutes after the chief spoke, oakland had its 100th homicide of the year in te oak center neighborhood. >> we have some video surveillance of the scene. so we we are following leads we have gotten so far and statements people have given us. we have ld to go on. >> this is the third year in the the row the city has had at least 100 homicides. police union cited chronic understaffing noting these bitter numbers paint the tragic story of oakland. too few cops lead to too many homicides. we learned the king estates campus in oakland will remain closed tomorrow in the wake of wednesday's