{"id":306030,"date":"2026-05-08T14:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306030\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:08:26","slug":"homicide-investigation-underway-in-west-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306030\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide investigation underway in West Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:KRON;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KRON&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KRON<\/a>) \u2014 Police in East Bay are investigating a homicide that occurred Wednesday evening in West Oakland, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Oakland Police Department responded just after 6 p.m. to the 800 block of West Grand Avenue on the report of an assault. Arriving officers located an assault victim, identified as a male Oakland resident, and attempted life-saving measures. Despite efforts, the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(KRON4)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"791\" height=\"441\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1890df28c3e3edadd3fae9009614ed9d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(KRON4)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, OPD said Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detectives with the OPD Homicide Division are investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing. No information about a potential suspect was released as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide investigators at 510-238-3831 or email cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(KRON) \u2014 Police in East Bay are investigating a homicide that occurred Wednesday evening in West Oakland, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,407,14442],"class_list":["post-306030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-police-department","tag-west-oakland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306030","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=306030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}