
OAKLAND, CA — A mother of five died after a stray bullet hit her early Monday in East Oakland, according to a fundraising organizer and police.
When officers responded at 12:53 a.m. to the shooting, in a residential neighborhood in the 2100 block of East 22nd Street, they found the woman with a gunshot wound, police said.
The victim, who has been identified unofficially as Dona Martha Casiano, was a mother, businesswoman and member of the East Oakland community, organizers of a GoFundMe page said.
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The organizers are trying to raise $10,000 for Casiano's family.
Oakland police are investigating the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide section at (510) 238-3821 or the TIP LINE at 238-7950.
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— Bay City News
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