The city of Oakland's fourth homicide in 24 hours happened Tuesday afternoon along 14th Street next to Frank Ogawa Plaza and Oakland City Hall.
One man is dead and another is in the hospital following a shooting near Oakland City Hall Tuesday afternoon. There are no arrests in this case as police continue to investigate.The city of Oakland's fourth homicide in 24 hours happened Tuesday afternoon along 14th Street next to Frank Ogawa Plaza and"I heard the shots. I was there. I was coming across the street right there," said Anthony McGowan, who says he was heading to the bus stop where the shooting victim was found.
"The second victim was transported to a local hospital where he's currently undergoing surgery," said Officer Kim Armstead, the Oakland Police Dept. Public Information Officer."We are now at 91 homicides for this year in the city of Oakland, compared to 100 lives lost the same time last year," said Officer Armstead."I saw doing shooting in the car, they turned around one dude fell out of the car, the other dude ran and fell in the grass over here," said McGowan.
"It was really unnerving to be in city hall and not know how far close the gunshots were and if someone was injured," said Pamela Ferran, the Chief of Staff for Council Member Loren Taylor. "We need the police chief to assign a few more officers to investigations divisions. We realize they're understaffed," said Oakland City Council Member Dan Kalb.