inches tall and 158 pounds, with dreadlocks.

Singh was found inside the truck in East Oakland with one or more gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.

Police knew of no motive for the slaying. Investigators said nothing was taken from Singh.

He was killed four days after 27-year-old artist Antonio Ramos was shot to death as he worked on a community antiviolence mural project in West Oakland. Mayor Libby Schaaf said the slayings were particularly troubling.

“There is something especially poignant when someone engaged in a positive and innocent act — like painting a mural or driving an ice cream truck — falls victim to senseless violence,” she said in a statement.

Steve Rubenstein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: srubenstein@sfchronicle.comBiggest Free Trade Deal Since NAFTA, Ghost Issue of 2011 Election

Canada is on verge of pact with Europe affecting farmers, local industries. It's invisible on campaign trail.

Most Canadians don't know it, but our country is currently negotiating the biggest free trade contract since the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal that could significantly increase drug prices, privatize our water, and outsource jobs easily done by Canadians to foreign multinational corporations. And none of the parties are talking about it.

The Conservative government has been involved in private negotiations with the European Union over the Canada-European Union Enhanced Trade Agreement (CETA) since 2009, with the most recent round of talks taking place earlier this month -- during the campaign.
There's been little coverage of the deal, with only Parliamentary reports