A late-morning shooting near 18th and Wood streets in Oakland left one person dead yesterday, and police have opened a homicide investigation into the killing. Officers and paramedics tried life\u2011saving measures at the scene, but the victim died from their injuries. Authorities have not yet released the victim’s name.<\/p>\n
According to KRON4<\/a>, the shooting happened just after 11 AM, when officers arrived and found a person suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Police and medics provided care on scene, but the person was later pronounced dead, and investigators are keeping further details tight for now.<\/p>\n Police seek tips<\/p>\n Oakland police are asking anyone with information to contact the OPD Criminal Investigations Division at (510) 238\u20113821, call the tip line at (510) 238\u20117950, or email [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>, according to a City of Oakland<\/a> news release. Investigators are also urging residents and nearby businesses to review security cameras and phone video for anything that might help.<\/p>\n Scene and neighborhood<\/p>\n The shooting unfolded near Raimondi Park and the Wood Street encampment, an area that has drawn repeated attention in recent years for fires and ongoing homelessness\u2011related challenges. KQED<\/a> has chronicled the encampment’s long, complicated history and the strain it has put on neighbors and first responders.<\/p>\n Investigators with OPD’s homicide unit are leading the case, which is listed under number 26\u2011017599, as detectives process the scene and track down leads, KRON4<\/a> reported. Police say they will hold back additional information while the investigation is active.<\/p>\n Anyone with tips, photos, or videos that could help is urged to contact the homicide unit, call the tip line, or email evidence to [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>, per the City of Oakland<\/a>. Authorities say even small details can matter to detectives and are thanking the public in advance for any help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A late-morning shooting near 18th and Wood streets in Oakland left one person dead yesterday, and police have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-284210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}