The violent weekend here in S.F. was matched with violence across the Bay on Easter Sunday. Three men were fatally shot in three separate incidents yesterday, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Since the shootings all took place within 10 hours of each other and all in East Oakland, we can surmise that there was likely a revenge connection between at least two of them, but Oakland police are only saying that there was "word of a motive."
The first shooting happened at 10 a.m. on the 2400 block of 68th Avenue. A 31-year-old victim was found dead in his car, which was riddled with multiple bullet holes, and police were alerted to the scene by their Shot Spotter system.
The second male victim was found six hours later, around 4 p.m., on the 8900 block of International Boulevard. And the the third shooting took place after 8 p.m. near the intersection of 70th Ave. and Hawley Street, behind the Oakland Coliseum.
No arrests have been made.
This marks the 23rd homicide of the year for Oakland, and as the Tribune reports, things were slightly better before yesterday. Last year at this time there were 27 murders.
