Multiple detained in downtown Oakland shooting that killed 2, injured 3
A shooting in downtown Oakland early Saturday morning left two people dead and three others injured, police said.
The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. on the 400 block of 14th Street. Police said they responded to the scene and found five people who had been shot.
Initial information from police stated that one victim was declared dead, and another victim was in critical condition, with three others in stable condition. In an updated statement from Mayor Barbara Lee on Saturday afternoon, she confirmed two people had been killed.
"My office is in close contact with OPD as they investigate Saturday morning's tragic and senseless shooting. I am praying for the full recovery of those injured, and my deepest condolences go out to the families of the two victims who were killed," Lee said. "Gun violence remains a real crisis in Oakland. We will keep working urgently alongside OPD, the Department of Violence Prevention, Ceasefire, and our community partners to get guns off our streets and out of our neighborhoods."
Investigators are still looking into what led up to the shooting, but said officers detained multiple people at the scene and recovered several guns.