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3 men killed in Oakland shootings, collision
OAKLAND, Calif. – Two shootings and a associated collision in Oakland on Friday night left three males lifeless, together with a bicyclist.
The violence unfolded round 7:15 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Means in West Oakland.
Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong characterised them as two shootings. Within the first incident, one man was killed. Within the second, a driver was mortally wounded and a bicycle owner was killed when the motive force’s out-of-control automotive ran him over, police mentioned.
“Once more, one other mindless violence in our metropolis,” Armstrong advised reporters. “Clearly so tragic to lose three folks in a single incident.”
The East Bay Occasions reported that the 2 shootings have been linked. Associates of the primary man killed fired again on the shooter, placing him as he drove away, the newspaper mentioned. Then, the person driving a motorcycle was struck by the automotive.
A witness advised KTVU that one of many males killed was a restaurant proprietor in his 30s, however the victims’ identities haven’t been recognized.
Police didn’t launch details about potential suspects.