OAKLAND — Four men were wounded by gunfire in separate incidents — two during robberies — during a four hour period Monday in different areas of the city, police said Tuesday.
An arrest was made in one of the shootings and police do not believe at this time that any of them are related.
The arrest was made after police heard gunfire about 6:37 p.m. Monday in the 7400 block of Lockwood Street in East Oakland
Officers found a 28-year-old man wounded and two people running from the scene. Officers captured one of the suspects, a 35-year-old man. The second suspect is being sought. The wounded man was taken to a hospital. Police believe the shooting stemmed from a personal dispute but did not provide additional details..
About 5:20 p.m. a 29-year-old man was shot in the 9800 block of Birch Street in East Oakland. Police said he had been robbed by a man at gunpoint of money and personal items when he got into a struggle with the robber and was shot. He got his own transportation to a hospital and the robber fled before police arrived.
Another East Oakland shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. when a 36-year-old man was shot after getting into an argument with another man in the area of 105th and Edes Avenue. Police have not said what the argument was about and have not made any arrests. The victim was in stable condition at a hospital.
The gun violence started about 2:29 p.m. when a 46-year-old man was shot in the 1200 block of Eighth Street in West Oakland after he refused to give any of his property to a group of men who had demanded his money. He was taken to a hospital and the suspects are being sought.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money in each case for information leading to the arrest of the suspects being sought. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or 510-238-3326 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.