OAKLAND (KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department may soon get involved in the investigation of the shooting death of a Hayward man by a BART Police officer on New Year's Day.

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is asking Oakland officers to launch a criminal investigation of the shooting that left Oscar Grant dead.  The Bay Area Rapid Transit police had been looking into the shooting along with the Alameda County District Attorney's office.

"(The mayor's) sense was late yesterday that people have really lost confidence in the process," Oakland spokeswoman Karen Boyd said.  The statement followed reports that the mayor had told people at a Wednesday night rally that he had ordered the launching of a homicide probe.

Oakland police say they're in talks with BART officers about getting involved in the investigation of the shooting which happened at the Frutivale BART station in the city of Oakland.

"It's still (BART's) jurisdiction and we're not just going to go in there because the mayor says to go in there - we still have to work it out with them," Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said. "Our homicide unit is probably one of the best in the state at  these types of investigations."

Oakland police are already investigating the violence that broke out during Wednesday night's protest.  More than 100 people were arrested during the demonstrated which resulted in smashed windows, cars set on fire, and other cases of alleged vandalism.

Dozens of people signed up to speak during Thursday's BART meeting with many calling for fundamental changes in the way the BART police department does its job.

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