Police investigating 2 separate fatal shootings in East, West Oakland
OAKLAND – Two people died from gunshot wounds they suffered in separate shootings in Oakland Thursday evening and early Friday morning, police said.
The first victim – a male – died following a shooting early Thursday evening just before 7:30 p.m. on the 3400 block of Foothill Boulevard in East Oakland.
That victim died after being taken to a hospital, according to police.
The shooting early Friday occurred just before 12:30 a.m. in West Oakland in the 3000 block of Chestnut Street, just a block from the campus of McClymonds High School.
Officers arriving at the scene located a male victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to police. He died where officers found him, police said.
More than 40 homicides have occurred in Oakland this year.