OAKLAND — A 27-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday night in East Oakland, authorities said.
The man’s name has not yet been released pending notification of his family.
The shooting, which activated gunshot detection system alerts, happened about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday in a parking lot in the area of 27th Avenue and International Boulevard.
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The man was found unconscious and was taken to a hospital where he later died, authorities said.
Several other people were in the lot at the time of the shooting but were not injured by the gunfire, authorities said..
A motive for the shooting has not been released. No arrests have been made and no suspect information has been released by police.
The killing is the 68th homicide investigated by Oakland police this year and the first since three people were fatally shot in different areas of the city on Sept. 7. Last year at this time police had investigated 91 homicides in the city.
Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call police at 510-238-3821 or 510-238-7950.
