Overview
- On Friday just before 7:15 p.m., officers went to a residence on the 1500 block of Jackson Street, where a man with multiple lacerations was found dead.
- On Saturday shortly after 7:15 a.m., officers found a man with apparent gunshot wounds on the 300 block of Grand Avenue, and paramedics pronounced him dead.
- Police have not indicated any link between the two killings and are treating them as separate investigations.
- The victims’ identities are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, and the Saturday victim was described by police as an Oakland resident.
- These deaths were reported by local outlets as the city’s seventh and eighth homicides of the year; investigators ask for tips at 510-238-3821, the tip line at 510-238-7950, Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572, or via cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.