Oakland Shooting Suspect Killed in Shootout with Sheriff's Deputies

A carjacking and shooting suspect was killed in a shootout with Alameda County sheriff’s deputies near San Leandro early this morning, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The man was a suspect in a shooting that happened earlier in Oakland, according to Oakland police. That shooting was reported at 12:49 a.m. in the 900 block of 105th Avenue, near the San Leandro border.

A victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition while the suspect fled in a vehicle, Oakland police said. At about 2:20 a.m., Oakland police spotted the suspected shooter in a Dodge Durango and tried to stop him, but the driver did not pull over and a pursuit ensued, sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Nelson said.

The Durango was later found on Interstate Highway 580 but the driver had fled on foot and a carjacking attempt was reported nearby shortly afterward, Nelson said. The carjacking attempt failed and the suspect allegedly began running along the side of Interstate Highway 238. California Highway Patrol officers confronted him and he opened fire at them, according to Nelson. The shots missed the officers but one struck a passing car. No one in the car was injured, Nelson said.

The foot chase continued and went off the highway at the East 14th Street off-ramp. Sheriff’s deputies then confronted the suspect and a shootout occurred, during which the suspect was killed, Nelson said. No deputies were injured in the shootout, he said.

Authorities are not yet releasing the name of the suspect, a man in his 30s, according to Nelson.

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By Bay City News

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