6 shot in downtown Oakland, 1 in grave condition
The 16-year-old, who was listed in critical condition, later died at the hospital. Regginna Jefferies, 17, whom police initially said was 16, died at a hospital.
According to SFGate.com, the shooting took place near an entertainment venue where people had been attending a funeral for two teens who had drowned over Memorial Day weekend.
Across the USA there were 43 shootings on Sunday, with 18 more deaths and at least five children among the victims, Gun Violence Archive and Vox media outlet reported.
Samantha Youngman said she heard the gunshots from her 13th-floor office and wondered if they could be firecrackers.
People started running toward the corner where it appeared someone was hit, he said.
In this Northern California city where people can buy prayer flags at the dollar store, fresh-baked Afghan bread at corner markets and feast on beef kabobs in “little Kabul’s” many restaurants, Afghan-Americans. They were dressed all in white, so she didn’t think it was gang-related.
Streets around the shooting scene were blocked to traffic into the evening as police investigated the incident.
She says the shooting makes her sad because downtown had been much safer in recent years. According to police, this is the 26th homicide this year.
On Sunday, a gunman who pledged alliance to ISIS murdered 49 people and seriously injured 53 others at a gay club in Orlando, in the worst mass killing on USA soil since 9/11.
One witness told the San Francisco Chronicle that the argument erupted among a group of men playing dice, and the vigil guests were caught in the crossfire. “I guess you figure sooner or later if you live in a city like that you. realize anything can happen at any time”.
There were reports of multiple shots fired in downtown Oakland on Tuesday, June 14, 2016.