The events were peaceful until a sideshow, or illegal street takeover, developed near the intersection of Grand and Bellevue avenues and a fight broke out, police said.
Several people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday night at a Juneteenth celebration near Lake Merritt in Oakland, police said. A crowd of about 5,000 people had gathered around the lake for Juneteenth events when someone opened fire in the 400 block of Grand Avenue at about 8:45 p.m., wounding several people, police said.
… Next thing we know, we thought that we heard fireworks,” Tamia Robinson told ABC7 KGO from the scene Wednesday night. “So what we did was we ran. ... Next thing you hear ‘boom-boom-boom-boom-boom' from the other side of the lake. ... We’re walking and my sister springs across the street and sees one of her friends laying out.” An unknown number of people were wounded, authorities said.
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