Already grappling with 33 homicides so far this year, the Oakland Police Department is putting more officers on the streets this weekend to focus on violent crime.
The move comes after the third-largest city in the Bay Area recorded three additional fatal shootings since Wednesday.An Oakland police spokesperson said the department is closely tracking the rise in fatal shootings in the city of 445,000, including the descriptions of those responsible for those killings. At the same time, homicides in Oakland are down 10 percent in 2022 so far, as compared with this same time last year.
Officers responded, located the victim and provided medical aid until paramedics arrived, according to police. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital where he died, police said. One victim was shot before 10 p.m. in the 3400 block of Mandela Parkway in West Oakland, according to police. The other victim was shot just after 10 p.m. in the 1800 block of East 12th Street in East Oakland.
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