The city of Oakland saw a wave of violence over the Independence Day holiday weekend, said an official from the California city east of San Francisco. Chief LeRonne Armstrong said that the Oakland Police department had to take action on seven shooting incidents in their area from Sunday night to Monday morning. “It was 12 hours of nonstop chaos,” Armstrong told KTVU. “That is what is concerning. The level of celebratory gunfire is something we haven’t seen before.” “Does this department need resources? Clearly, we do. We were clearly outnumbered,” he noted. “Our city has not seen this level of violence in many years.” The announcement came a week after a press conference where Armstrong criticized the city council for redirecting around $18 million from the police budget. The shootings started at around 6 p.m. on Sunday, leaving one person dead and several others critically wounded, police said. Noel Gallo, …