Oakland Opens New Year With Two Homicides, One Suspect Arrested
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Oakland Opens New Year With Two Homicides, One Suspect Arrested
"There were two fatal shootings in Oakland on New Year's Day which occurred two and a half hours apart in different parts of the city. The City of Oakland, which continues to see drops in violent crime categories and closed out 2025 with 24% fewer homicides than the previous year, opened the new year with two fatal shootings. As KRON4 reports, the first of the shooting incidents happened just after 11 am on January 1, on the 2700 block of East 20th Street."
"Officers arrived on the scene following a ShotSpotter activation and found a Berkeley man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Per NBC Bay Area, the victim in the shooting was transported to an area hospital and later succumbed to his wounds, around 3 pm Thursday. Another shooting then occurred at 1:30 pm on the 4500 block of Market Street, in North Oakland, near the city's Longfellow neighborhood."
Oakland recorded two fatal shootings on New Year's Day that occurred two and a half hours apart in different parts of the city. The city closed out 2025 with 24% fewer homicides than the previous year but opened the new year with these two deaths. The first shooting occurred just after 11 a.m. on January 1 on the 2700 block of East 20th Street; a Berkeley man suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was hospitalized, and later died. The second shooting occurred at 1:30 p.m. on the 4500 block of Market Street in North Oakland, where an adult male was found dead at the scene. Victim names will be released pending next-of-kin notifications. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD Homicide Section at 510-238-3821 or the tip line at 510-238-7950.
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