Early-Morning Multi-Car Crash, Shooting Death Investigation Close Northbound I-880 In San Leandro
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) -- Police Saturday morning are investigating a shooting death on Interstate Highway 880 in San Leandro.
Officers with the San Leandro Police Department responded at 12:55 a.m. to assist the California Highway Patrol on a report of a multi-vehicle crash on the highway near Marina Boulevard.
After arriving, the CHP assumed the investigation of the crash, and the San Leandro officers left the scene, police said.
At 2:10 a.m., CHP officers still at the scene heard gunshots fired north of their location near the Marina Boulevard off-ramp.
The CHP officers came across a vehicle parked on the right-hand shoulder just north of the Marina Boulevard overpass.
When they reached the vehicle, the officers located a victim suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.
The victim was reported deceased at the scene.
The incident is being investigated as a homicide.
No other information about the investigation was immediately available.
The incident closed northbound lanes of Interstate Highway 880 at Marina Boulevard from 2 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.
The highway has since been reopened.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call San Leandro police at (510) 577-3230.
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