OAKLAND (BCN) -- A 39-year-old Fremont man was killed in a shooting in East Oakland on Monday evening, an Oakland police spokesman said Tuesday.

The shooting was reported at 6:36 p.m. in the 1300 block of 81st Avenue, Officer Jeff Thomason said.

Officers arrived to find the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Highland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:11 p.m.

Witnesses told investigators the shooter had opened fire from inside a car, Thomason said.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the Police Department's homicide unit at (510) 238-3821.

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