An overnight shooting in Oakland reportedly left a mother of four who was sleeping in her home critically injured.
The shooting happened in the 1500 block of 92nd Avenue in East Oakland, just after 1:00 a.m. on Monday.
Officers were responding to the area to investigate a ShotSpotter activation, when police received reports that a person had been struck by gunfire, the Oakland Police Department said in a news release.Thewas reporting that the victim was a 25-year-old mother who was asleep inside her home, which was occupied by four children and other adults, and that the victim was targeted, with gunfire going through her bedroom wall, hitting her in the back.
Police did say that paramedics tended to the victim who was then transported to a hospital and listed in critical condition. "Investigators from the OPD Felony Assault Unit responded to the scene to take over the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting," police said, as investigators asked anyone with information on the case to contact them. No one we spoke with had any details, though one person said that shootings were a common occurrence in the neighborhood. "Every night," the person told KTVU, "This is a dangerous area.
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