Man With Gunshot Wound Found On I-880

OAKLAND, CA — A shooting investigation has begun after good Samaritans helped a man they found shot and walking Sunday night on northbound Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland, California Highway Patrol officials said.

A little after 6 p.m. the CHP received reports of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 880, CHP Officer Matthew Hamer said.

When CHP units arrived they found one vehicle abandoned on the right shoulder of the highway near the Oakland Coliseum.

CHP officers did not find a collision but they received a call from Oakland police that good Samaritans had picked up the victim of a shooting walking along Highway 880.

Hamer said the good Samaritans were taking the man to a hospital when they saw Oakland police. They flagged down police and police took the man to a hospital.

Hamer said where the shooting occurred is under investigation.

— Bay City News; Image via CHP