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1 dead, 6 wounded in Oakland gun violence over July 4, police say

Bay City News Service

Violence July 4 in Oakland claimed one life and left six others injured, police said Monday.

Additionally, one person died from blunt trauma to the head in what police said is an unexplained death.

Early in the evening Sunday, police were unable to deal with the illegal fireworks in the city because they had to tend to the violent crime happening, according to police.

"Officers were going call-to-call, many of which were critical incidents," said police Chief LeRonne Armstrong in a statement. "Our City has not seen this level of violence in many years."

Officers responded at 6:25 p.m. to 5700 block of Elizabeth Street after someone reported a shooting, police said. Officers arrived and located a 29-year-old Hayward man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to police.

Police said the man was in stable condition following the shooting.

At 9:37 p.m., dispatchers got a 911 call from the 5400 block of Roberts Avenue where a 16-year-old boy was hit by a bullet that may have been part of celebratory gunfire, police said. The boy was in stable condition after the injury, according to police.

Then at 10 p.m., officers responded to the 2200 block of 23rd Avenue where they located a 29-year-old Oakland man who had been hit by multiple bullets, police said. He also was in stable condition following the shooting, according to police.

At 10:51 p.m., officers were sent to the 4200 block of International Boulevard to investigate a possible shooting.

When they arrived, they found a 45-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound that may have resulted from celebratory gunfire, police said. The victim was in critical condition.

About an hour later, someone flagged down officers in the 4200 block of International Boulevard about an unresponsive person, according to police. Officers found an Oakland man suffering from blunt trauma to his head. The man was taken to a hospital where he died, police said.

Just after midnight, police responded to the 7700 block of Bancroft Avenue after someone reported a shooting. Officers located a 48-year-old Oakland man suffering from at least one gunshot wound and he died where officers found him, according to police.

Two more shootings happened before 10 a.m. Monday. A 37-year-old Oakland man was shot in the 800 block of 59th Street and was in critical condition afterward, according to police.

At 9:54 a.m. officers went to the 2400 block of 88th Avenue where they located a woman suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. She was taken to a hospital where she was in grave condition, according to police.

Across Oakland, illegal sideshows occurred, and many participants and spectators were hostile and violent toward police. A spectator was struck by a sideshow vehicle and suffered a life-altering critical injury, police said.

At least three people were arrested in connection with the sideshows, six vehicles were towed, and five guns recovered, including a rifle, according to police.