OAKLAND — Oakland police fatally shot a person Monday afternoon in the city’s Fruitvale District, authorities said.
The shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. near 40th Avenue and International Boulevard, according to Oakland police Chief James Beere.
Beere said the California Highway Patrol was conducting an investigation in the area and asked for help from Oakland police because the person they were investigating appeared to be armed with “dangerous weapons.”
The person then entered a public area, and Oakland officers tried to “de-escalate the situation by giving commands,” Beere said. The person then attacked officers, who in turn used lethal and non-lethal force, according to the chief. The person was shot and died at the scene.
Two Oakland officers fired their guns, Beere said. The chief said the person was armed with dangerous weapons that were a threat to the public, but he declined to specify what type of weapons were involved. He also declined to say why CHP officers were initially investigating the person.
Hours after the shooting, Oakland police continued to block off a portion of International Boulevard stretching from 39th Avenue to 42nd Avenue.
Monday’s shooting marked at least the seventh involving Oakland police officers since February of 2023.
On May 8, police shot a man suspected of dragging one officer and pinning another against a parked vehicle while fleeing a traffic stop in the 1200 block of 9th Avenue, along the city’s Eastlake district. Less than two weeks earlier, on April 27, Oakland police fatally shot a man after department leaders say he pointed a gun at officers around the 1800 block of 89th Avenue.
In January of 2025, a man who had been firing a rifle in the 6600 block of MacArthur Boulevard was shot and wounded by a sergeant. In April 2024, a man wanted in a Sacramento homicide who was allegedly armed with a pistol was fatally shot by Oakland officers in the 1000 block of 16th Street.
In November of 2023, a police sergeant fatally shot a man in the area of 16th Street and San Pablo Avenue after the man allegedly fired shots at him. In February of 2023, an armed carjacking suspect was shot and wounded by an officer in the area of 105th Avenue and International Boulevard.
Beere was serving as the department’s acting leader until last week, when Mayor Barbara Lee named him her permanent selection to lead the agency.
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