A 19-year-old Stockton resident was reportedly one of two women killed early Tuesday morning after someone opened fire on a party bus on an Oakland freeway.
More details emerge in fatal Oakland party bus shooting
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Paramedics and police officers respond to a shooting on a party bus that left two people dead and more wounded in East Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Someone opened fire on a party bus on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway early Tuesday, killing two women and wounding at least five others, authorities said. The passengers were celebrating a woman s 21st birthday when the bus was attacked on Interstate 580 as it was returning to Oakland from San Francisco, the East Bay Times reported. Dylan Bouscher/APShow MoreShow Less
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“Based on preliminary investigation, it does not appear this shooting was a random event,” according to the California Highway Patrol, which is investigating along with Oakland police.
At least five other women were wounded, and some were taken by ambulance to a hospital from an Oakland police station, where the bus driver drove after the shooting. One of the victims is in critical condition.
One of the women killed was a 19-year-old Stockton resident, relatives told the newspaper. The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said one woman died on the bus and the other at an Oakland hospital.
A man who identified himself as the father of the 21-year-old celebrating her birthday said she was shot in the leg but is in stable condition.
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