The Oakland Police Department is investigating the city’s 101st homicide of 2022. Anda Chu/Associated Press A man was shot and killed early Tuesday at the scene of a catalytic converter theft in Oakland, officials said. The Oakland Police Department said officers were responding to a call about the theft of a catalyst in the 4000 block of Everett Avenue in Oakland’s Glenview neighborhood near Dimond Park at 4 a.m. when they received an additional report of a shooting at the same location. At the scene, officers found a male Oakland resident suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. First responders took steps to save the life, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The department did not respond to a question about whether the homicide was related to the theft of the catalytic converter. The man’s death marks Oakland’s 101st homicide since the start of the year. The city is experiencing a rash of shootings. Two teenage brothers who attended Berkeley High were shot and killed at a party in Oakland Saturday night, and six people, including two students, were wounded in a Sept. 28 shooting at the multi-school King Estates campus. The recent homicide is under investigation. Anyone with information about the incident can call the department’s homicide unit at (510) 238-3821 or the tip line at (510) 238-7950. This is a developing story and details will be added as they become available. Amy Graff is the news editor for SFGATE. Born and raised in the Bay Area, he got his start in news at the Daily Californian at UC Berkeley, where he studied English literature. He has been with SFGATE for more than 10 years. You can email her at [email protected]
