The shooting marked the 74th killing this year to be investigated as a homicide by the Oakland Police Department. It also marked the third fatal shooting this week in the city, breaking a span that dated to Sept. 28 of zero homicides across Oakland. At this same point in 2023, police had investigated 112 homicides.

A man who suffered critical injuries in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Oakland was transported to a hospital and pronounced deceased hours later, according to the Oakland Police Department. Oakland police responded at 4:15 p.

On Wednesday afternoon, Oakland saw its first reported homicide since September after a person was found shot to death on 71st Avenue. The following day, a person was shot a block away from Lake Merritt around 4:15 p.