Investigators are seeking multiple shooters following the violence Wednesday night at Lake Merritt. No arrests had been made as of Thursday afternoon.
Fifteen people were shot after an illegal"sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said Thursday.
About 20 vehicles — mostly all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes — arrived around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and started a sideshow on the north side of the lake as 5,000 people attended the Juneteenth event. Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell on Thursday said one person walked across the hood of a sideshow vehicle. Multiple occupants got out and attacked the person, whose injuries required them to be hospitalized.
“The opportunity to celebrate with your family and friends should never be marred by gunfire,” Mitchell said.
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