A man found shot and killed just a few blocks from Oakland's Lake Merritt early Tuesday morning was identified by police today as 49-year-old Oakland resident Allen Lewis.
Lewis was found suffering from a gunshot wound just after 5 a.m. in the 300 block of East 17th Street, a narrow residential street in Oakland's Eastlake neighborhood, police said.
He was pronounced dead there.
Police have made no arrests in the shooting and are continuing to investigate the case. Anyone with information has been asked to call the Oakland police homicide section at (510) 238-3821 or a tip line at (510) 238-7950.
--Bay City News
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