Crime & Safety

16-Year-Old Girl Killed in Oakland Shooting

Three other people were also wounded in a hail of bullets.

OAKLAND, CA - A 16-year-old girl was killed in downtown Oakland Tuesday evening in a shooting that also wounded three other victims, according to police.

The shooting was reported at 5:41 p.m. in the vicinity of 13th and Franklin streets.

Police had said there were a total of six victims, male and female, with ages ranging from their mid-teens to early 20s - but they have since clarified that there were only four victims, three of whom were listed in stable condition as of 9 p.m.

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Police say a vigil for a 2014 Salinas drowning victim was taking place nearby at 14th Street and Broadway at the time of the shooting.

--Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock

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