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the street and they are men between the ages of 19 and 23. now, police say this neighborhood is known for drug dealing but investigators are still trying to figure out exactly why these shootings happened. >> we're lucky that no one was killed out there. there's a lot of fire power that was used in this shooting. more than one suspect did the shooting and they were using a rifle because we found rifle rounds out there on the scene. so they are very dangerous and we are going to need the public's help on this. >> reporter: not ironically nor surprisingly, this neighborhood is known as...

i'm sydnie kohara. your time is 4:30. and topping our news, a murder investigation under way in west oakland after a shooting leaves one man dead. simon perez is in oakland, where police want help in solving that killing and a number of other recent shootings. good morning. reporter: the oakland police department didn't have much time after the holidays to get back to some serious work, last night investigating yet another in a string of shootings to kick off the new year. a little before 10 p.m., police officers found a man slumped behind the wheel of a car in west oakland near ...

first week of the new year. a little before 10 p.m., police officers found a man slumped behind the wheel of a car in west oakland near the intersection of 16th and center streets. he had been shot. the war cast in front of the m&o market. the fatal victim is 22-year-old alan collins who lived in oklahoma. the car was in front of the m&o market. more than one person may have shot him. and then on tuesday night, six people were shot in east oakland. investigators say at least two people with rifles fired into a crowd. bullets not only hit the people gathered in the street but also pie...

had is it didn't make the negotiations any easier. in fact, having the offer out there may have presented some challenges these people think there is a cushion here. but i think once the lay-off notices were sent out and having the $100,000 available gave us a little bit more flexibility in how we negotiated. >> reporter: the discussions continue. the city needs $550,000 in concessions from the police. they need to find 1.2 million to cuts elsewhere. and while jakel is graceful he doesn't think more private sector money will solve the problem. changes in pay and benefits have to come...

the guy did throw a knife. what if he actually hit the cop somewhere, maybe on the face, you know? >> drop the knife. just someone go in the back and move the wheelchair forward and he will be on the ground. >> we tried to control him earlier and what that got us is an officer got stab in the shoulder, seriously stabbed. and the knife he used was a pretty good sized knife. >> reporter: in the end the officers shot the man in the wheelchair in the groin. both he and the stabbed officer are recovering and will survive. chief gascon asks the public to consider what happened before the s...