Two Detained After Shots Fired Outside Bayfair Center

Shots were fired outside the Bayfair Center in San Leandro Thursday evening but police are still working to determine who was involved and what triggered it. Police received multiple 911 calls around 6:40 p.m. reporting shots fired in the parking lot near the Old Navy and Bed Bath and Beyond stores, according to Lt. Robert McManus.

Witnesses said the shooting involved people in a car and two men on foot in the parking lot, but when officers arrived on scene they found the car was gone and the men on foot had reportedly fled into the mall. Police searched the mall and located two men on the south side of the mall that matched the description given by witnesses.

Those men were detained and were being questioned, but it remains unclear whether they had any involvement in the shooting, McManus said. Police found evidence that a shooting had occurred, including one car with bullet holes in it, but as of Thursday evening do not know who was firing the shots or whether a gun battle occurred, McManus said. Police were not aware of any injuries, and did not yet know of a motive for the shooting.

Investigators reviewed security camera footage from both inside and outside the mall and interviewed witnesses, McManus said.

By Bay City News

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