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Auckland (CBS) – One person was killed, five others were wounded and two gunmen were arrested Saturday night in a shooting near the shores of Lake Merritt in Auckland, authorities said.
At the time of the 6:22 p.m. shooting, Oakland Police Information Office Officer Johnny Watson said there was a large crowd of 1,000 people gathered at Lake Merritt.
#breakingKPIXtv Several people were shot during the Juneteenth celebration at Auckland’s Lake Merritt. oaklandpoliceca told us one person died. Hundreds of people are still in the area. pic.twitter.com/8mrSgk6AW2
— Da Lin (@DaKPIX) June 20, 2021
Officers were in the area and quickly responded to the place. They discovered six gunshot victims. Five males aged 16-27 and a female 21 years old.
A 22-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and succumbed to his injuries shortly thereafter. His identity has been withheld pending notification of his relatives. There were no updates on the condition of the other five victims.
Andrew Simpson was running in the park when the shots sounded.
I heard gunshots. It was really fast,” Simpson told the East Bay Times. “From the corner of my eye I saw a man with a gun pointing at a car. Everyone started running and screaming. They were screaming ‘We shot us!’ I didn’t really understand what was happening. Hundreds of people were running. People were jumping in their cars and going off.”
In a press release, Watson said that immediately after the shooting, officers noticed two men running from the scene with firearms. The two men were arrested and two firearms recovered.
Homicide investigators were trying to determine whether the people arrested were connected to or responsible for the shooting.
A video of the scene showed dozens of evidence marks on the sidewalk and in the street on the beach.
#breakingKPIXtv Lots of shell casings on the ground in Lake Merritt. Witnesses say more than 1,000 people were partying on 20th when someone started shooting around 6:20 p.m. oaklandpoliceca 4 people said a shot, 1 died. pic.twitter.com/DrvjQMqrAo
— Da Lin (@DaKPIX) June 20, 2021
Anyone with information, video footage, or photographs are urged to call the Outpatient Homicide Division at (510) 238-3821.
Stoppers of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department are offering up to $35,000 for information leading to arrest(s) in this case.
This was the 59th murder investigation by Oakland police this year, far ahead of 2020 when there were 32 murders being investigated in the city by June 19.
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