Juvenile victim shot dead in East Oakland, police say
A teenager died of injuries in a shooting in Oakland on Monday afternoon, police said.
The shooting happened just after 4:15 p.m. on the 1400 block of 100th Avenue in East Oakland near International Boulevard, along a block where St. Louis Bertrand Parish Church and Aspire Monarch Academy Elementary School are located.
Oakland police said officers who responded to the report of a shooting found a victim who had been shot. Medics arrived and took the victim to a hospital where the person was pronounced dead.
Police later confirmed that the victim was a juvenile. The department did not disclose any other details about the victim or the circumstances of the shooting.
Family members identified the victim as 15-year-old Derbing Alvarado of Oakland on a GoFundMe online fundraising page.
Investigators urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact the Police Department's Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821 or the TIP LINE at 238-7950. Anyone with videos or photos that could help with the investigation were asked to send them to cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.
