22 Facts About Chauncey Bailey

Chauncey Bailey served as editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post in Oakland, California, from June 2007 until his murder.

Chauncey Bailey was shot dead on a Downtown Oakland street on August 2,2007, the victim of a crime syndicate he was investigating for a story.

Chauncey Bailey was the first American journalist killed for domestic reporting since 1976.

Chauncey Bailey lived in East Oakland neighborhoods for many years and attended Hayward High School in the nearby city of Hayward.

Chauncey Bailey earned an associate degree from Oakland's old Merritt Community College in 1968, and a Bachelors in Journalism from San Jose State University in 1972.

Chauncey Bailey first wrote for the Oakland Post in 1970, and made his foray into television news that year as an on-air reporter with station KNTV in San Jose, California, where he continued through 1971.

Chauncey Bailey again moved to Chicago, where he worked as a publicist for the nonprofit Comprand Inc.

From 1982 Chauncey Bailey spent the next decade as a reporter and columnist for the Detroit News, where he covered city government and worked on special projects.

Chauncey Bailey worked at the Oakland Tribune from 1993 until 2005.

In 2003 Chauncey Bailey quit his program on Soul Beat after he failed in his attempt to buy the station.

Chauncey Bailey became editor in June 2007, and then editor-in-chief of all five Post weeklies.

In late 2004 Chauncey Bailey became one of the producers, co-founders and hosts for OUR-TV on Comcast Channel 78.

Chauncey Bailey had been known for his aggressive questioning of city officials.

Chauncey Bailey had written several articles about the problems of Your Black Muslim Bakery.

Chauncey Bailey was shot and killed while working on a story about the finances of Your Black Muslim Bakery, involving its pending bankruptcy.

Melinda Drayton said Chauncey Bailey had been shot first in the back and then once in the head.

Chauncey Bailey confessed to the murder, but after almost two years of incarceration, he agreed to testify against Bey IV in exchange for a 25-year sentence.

Chauncey Bailey told authorities that Bey IV had a hit list of people "he wanted to get rid of" who had "done stuff to" the bakery and that Chauncey Bailey's name was on the list.

Broussard was booked on suspicion of murder on August 4,2007, for the killing of Chauncey Bailey, having told police detectives that he considered himself "a good soldier".

Chauncey Bailey stated in court he was ordered by Bey to find, track and kill Bailey before the journalist could print his latest article on the bakery.

In June 2008, the Chauncey Bailey Project released a secretly recorded police video that reveals how Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV kept the gun used in the Chauncey Bailey killing in his closet after the attack and bragged of playing dumb when investigators asked him about the shooting.

Bey goes on to describe Chauncey Bailey's shooting in detail, then laughingly denies he was there, and boasts that his friendship with the case's lead detective protected him from charges.