Multiple detained in downtown Oakland shooting that killed 2, injured 5

By Jose Fabian

A woman and a man were killed in a downtown Oakland shooting on Saturday that left five others injured, police said.

Around 3:30 a.m., officers responded to the 400 block of 14th Street and found five people who had been shot. One of them was declared dead, another was stated to be in critical condition, and three others were in stable condition, police said.

In an afternoon update, police said a second victim had died and confirmed that a total of seven people were shot.

The first victim who died was a 33-year-old woman, and the second victim was a 25-year-old man who died at the hospital, around 11:30 a.m., police said.

“My office is in close contact with OPD as they investigate Saturday morning’s tragic and senseless shooting. I am praying for the full recovery of those injured, and my deepest condolences go out to the families of the two victims who were killed,” Mayor Barbara Lee said. “Gun violence remains a real crisis in Oakland. We will keep working urgently alongside OPD, the Department of Violence Prevention, Ceasefire, and our community partners to get guns off our streets and out of our neighborhoods.”

Investigators are still looking into what led up to the shooting, but said officers detained multiple people at the scene and recovered several guns.