At Least Six People Shot, Two Killed In Separate Shootings In Oakland

"According to the Oakland Police Department, the first shooting occurred around 2:15 am on the 1900 block of Broadway, just steps away from where the First Fridays event would have been winding down. As ABC 7 reports, one victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound, and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. That victim, according to the Oakland Police Officers Association, was a bystander trying to buy food at a nearby store when a firefight broke out between multiple "armed groups." Those groups may have remained in the area, and the shootings continued for a couple of hours."

"As KRON4 reports, a second shooting victim was found following a ShotSpotter activation at around 3 am on the 1700 block of San Pablo Avenue, less than two blocks away from the first shooting. That victim was treated by paramedics and later succumbed to their wounds. Just before 3:30 am, as KRON4 reports, another shooting victim was spotted on 19th Street and Martin Luther King Junior Way, and that victim was privately transported to the hospital. A fourth victim was found shortly there after, also just a short distance away, on the 500 block of 18th Street. That person was transported to the hospital and they also died."

Multiple shootings took place early Saturday morning in Oakland near the First Fridays area, beginning around 2:15 a.m. on the 1900 block of Broadway. A bystander trying to buy food was critically wounded after a firefight broke out between multiple armed groups. Additional shootings occurred over the next two hours across nearby blocks, including the 1700 block of San Pablo Avenue, 19th Street and Martin Luther King Junior Way, and the 500 block of 18th Street. Six people were shot in total; two victims died, others were hospitalized in varying conditions, and authorities detected at least one ShotSpotter activation.

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