The wife and daughter of a man shot and killed on an Oakland freeway described him as a selfless family man who worked hard to support them.
Claudio Joel Martinez, 34, was shot dead on Wednesday night while driving his Toyota Tacoma on westbound I-580 near Lake Merritt. He rear-ended another driver on an off-ramp and crashed into a pole at Lake Park and Lakeshore Avenue and died at the scene.
"He really cared about his kids and his family, he did everything for them," Marquez said in Spanish as her daughter translated.
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