One killed, two wounded in Oakland shootings

OAKLAND — One man was killed and two other men were wounded in three shootings that happened early Sunday and Saturday afternoon in different areas of the city, authorities said.

The shootings are not related, police said.

The fatal shooting happened about 2:54 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of 17th Street near San Pablo Avenue in the Uptown area.

Police said the victim is a 38-year-old Pittsburg man, whose name has not yet been released.

Police said the man had been visiting clubs in the area and was standing outside when he got into a confrontation with at least one other person and was shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not yet said what the confrontation was about. No arrests have been made.

The killing is the 69th homicide investigated by Oakland police this year. Last year at this time police had investigated 77 homicides in the city.

About 1:16 a.m. Sunday a 52-year-old man was found shot multiple times at the intersection of East 15th Street and 20th Avenue in East Oakland. He was taken to a hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

Police have not yet been able to talk to the man to find out why he was shot and by whom.  No arrests have been made.

About 4:38 p.m. Saturday a 45-year-old man was shot and robbed near his home in the 7900 block of MacArthur Boulevard, authorities said.

Authorities said two masked men tried to rob the man outside and when he tried to run away he was shot, causing him to fall to the pavement. The suspects then took personal items from him before fleeing in a vehicle. Detailed descriptions of the suspects and their vehicle were not released.