OAKLAND — Four people were shot in two different areas of Oakland over a three-hour period Saturday night, including three standing on a sidewalk and another who said he was wounded while sleeping on a bus stop bench, authorities said Sunday.
The triple shooting happened about 8:48 p.m. Saturday near the 3200 block of San Pablo Avenue. Authorities said more than one suspect got out of a vehicle and began shooting at a group of people standing on the street near a liquor store.
The gunfire wounded a 44-year-old woman and two men, ages 40 and 22. They were all taken to a hospital where they were in stable condition.
It was not immediately known if the three knew each other, what the motive for the shooting was or if any of the wounded were the intended targets. The shooters fled in the vehicle, and no arrests have been made or descriptions released.
The other shooting was reported about 11:52 p.m. Saturday in the area of 32nd and Filbert streets in West Oakland.
A 40-year-old man told police he had been sleeping on a bench at a bus stop when he was awakened by gunfire, fell to the pavement and realized he had been shot more than once.
He got a ride to a hospital, but his condition was not available Sunday. Police don’t have a motive for the shooting or a description of the shooter, who is at large.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $15,000 in reward money in the 90th Avenue shooting and up to $5,000 in the West Oakland shooting for information leading to the arrests of the suspects. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.