They said their nephew found shell casings on the street earlier. John Samaras and his wife, Lili, were peering behind the bars surrounding the porch of their apartment building on Merritt Avenue on Saturday night. It sounds like a couple of bad apples, and it doesn’t represent Oakland.”Īt the scene Saturday evening at the eastern edge of the lake, police officers had placed markers around what appeared to be roughly 30 bullet casings. “I still feel like Oakland is a safe city. “I think some individuals were targeted,” Douyon said. “We shouldn’t let this ruin this day.”ĭouyon said the celebrations around the lake drew Bay Area residents from Vallejo to Hayward, all gathering to commemorate Juneteenth, which President Biden designated as a federal holiday just days ago.
It’s unfortunate, and very sad,” Douyon said. “Everyone had a very chill vibe except for this. Saturday - the shooting is “not an example of what this community is,” referring to Oakland. Mayor Libby Schaaf condemned the shooting, saying that the “joyous occasion at our Lake Merritt was marred by a senseless act of gun violence.” Large crowds had spent the day in the area celebrating the first federally designated Juneteenth holiday.įor Nancy Douyon, 35 - who had been celebrating Juneteenth around Lake Merritt since 8 a.m. Nancy Douyon watches behind police tape as police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting at Lakeshore and Brooklyn avenues. By 7:30 p.m., police had largely locked down the scene with police tape and the commotion had subsided. The shooting sent hundreds of people running away from the scene. Investigators with Oakland police’s Homicide Investigation Unit are working to determine if the men are connected with or responsible for the shooting, police said. Police said officers saw two men with guns running from the scene “immediately after the shooting.” Both men, whose names were not released on Saturday night, were arrested. One of the victims - identified Sunday as a 22-year-old San Francisco man - died at the hospital, police said.
On Sunday they reported a seventh victim, a woman who walked into a hospital with a gunshot injury. Police on Saturday initially said the gunfire victims were five males aged 16 to 27, and one 21-year-old woman.
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