A 16-year-old was shot and killed and another individual injured by a “high powered rifle” in east Oakland Thursday evening, officials said.
The Oakland Police Department said it received a report of shots being fired and “one person down” in the 3000 block of 64th Avenue around 6 p.m. The city’s shot-spotter system also detected shooting activity in the area.
At the scene, officers found a 16-year-old juvenile who had been shot and had died from his wounds, Oakland Police Chief Armstrong said in a Facebook video stream Thursday night.
A second victim was also shot and is in stable condition, Armstrong said.
Police said there’s no known motive at this time, adding that the event “appears to be something that we didn’t expect. This was a young man that was a good kid.”
Armstrong said that the family is distraught and that violence like this “has no business in our community.”
“When you have a 16-year-old child gunned down in broad daylight it is alarming, it is concerning and it’s hurtful,” he said.
The chief could not confirm how many shots were fired, but said that there were “several.”
An investigation is underway and police are asking witnesses to come forward, they said.
This is a breaking story and details will be added as they become available.
Bay City News contributed to this report.
