Oakland police are investigating two separate weekend homicides – an apparent beating Friday evening and a shooting Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Officers first responded to reports of a deceased person in a home on the 1500 block of Jackson Street just before 7:15 p.m. Friday, according to the Oakland Police Department. They found a man with lacerations, and paramedics declared him dead.<\/p>\n
Next, just after 7:15 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a man on the ground on the 300 block of Grand Avenue, police said. They found a man with apparent gunshot wounds, and paramedics declared him dead<\/p>\n
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The identities of both men are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.<\/p>\n
The homicides marked Oakland’s seventh and eighth homicides of the year after five people were killed in the\u00a0first three days of the year<\/a>\u00a0and another died on Jan. 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n Police ask anyone with information on either killing to contact their homicide section at 510-238-3821 or the tip line at 510-238-7950, or email video evidence to cidvideos@oaklandca.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n