Police have now investigated 97 homicides so far this year in the city

By HARRY HARRIS | hharris@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: September 19, 2021 at 7:42 a.m. | UPDATED: September 20, 2021 at 5:49 a.m.

OAKLAND — Two men were killed and five other men were wounded, one during a robbery, in four shootings Saturday night and early Sunday in different areas of the city, authorities said.

The shootings are not related, authorities said.

Authorities said about 2:15 a.m. Sunday a 28-year-old Stockton man was killed and three other men were wounded in a shooting in the 300 block of 17th Street between Franklin and Webster streets in the Uptown district. The name of the man killed has not yet been released.

Authorities said the men had apparently been at clubs in the area and were outside when someone began shooting. Police are trying to determine if the shooter was in a vehicle or on the street and whether the men shot were the intended targets.

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The Stockton man died at a hospital. The other men, one 25, one 27 and the other 31, were in stable condition at different hospitals.

A motive for the shooting is under investigation.

The killing is the 97th homicide investigated by Oakland police this year and the eighth since last Monday. Last year at this time police had investigated 71 homicides in the city. The city recorded 109 total homicides last year.

The other fatal shooting happened about 11:04 p.m. Saturday in the 2300 block of Legion Avenue in East Oakland, a few blocks from Arroyo Viejo Park.

Police said a 30-year-old man who lived in another part of Oakland was outside at a house party when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire and he was hit. He died at the scene and his name has not been released. No other injuries were reported and police were trying to determine if the man shot was the intended target.

A motive for the shooting has not been determined yet and no arrests have been made.

About 9:13 p.m. Saturday a 50-year-old Oakland man was wounded in the upper torso as he was riding in a car in the 5200 block of Foothill Boulevard. No other occupants of the vehicle were hurt and they were able to drive a few blocks to another location where police were called. The man was in stable condition at a hospital.

Police said it appears the man was hit by a stray bullet fired during a confrontation other people were having. At least three parked vehicles and a building were also hit by the gunfire but no other injuries were reported.

A motive for the shooting is under investigation and no arrests have been made.

Authorities said a 27-year-old San Ramon man had just purchased some food in the area and had gone back to his car when he was confronted outside by a man with a gun who demanded his valuables.

The robber took a laptop from the man and then shot him multiple times without provocation, police said. The man was in stable condition at a hospital and the robber is being sought.

Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $25,000 in reward money in the 17th street shooting, up to $10,000 in the Legion Avenue shooting and up to $5,000 in the other two shootings for information leading to the arrests of the suspects. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821 or 510-238-7950 or 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.