Fatal shooting prompts closure of westbound I-580 in Oakland, CHP says

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A freeway shooting left one person dead and shut down Interstate 580 in Oakland at the height of rush hour on Wednesday.

It happened around 5:30 p.m. on westbound I-580 and closed part of the freeway near High Street.
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Traffic headed toward San Francisco was diverted onto Highway 13.

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The shooting victim was driving a white sedan which could be seen from SKY7 while it was over the scene.

Several people driving on 580 called police reporting that two people were shooting at each other.
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It's believed the gunfire came from someone with a semi-automatic gun inside a silver car.



The CHP is still investigating what led to the shooting.
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