Bicyclist run over, killed during Oakland shooting

The Oakland Police Department is conducting an investigation after a confrontation in Oakland left three people dead.
The Oakland Police Department is conducting an investigation after a confrontation in Oakland left three people dead. Photo credit Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS Radio) – The Oakland Police Department is conducting an investigation after a confrontation in Oakland left three people dead, including a bicyclist.

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Just after 7:15 p.m. on Friday, police responded to a shooting that occurred in the 2800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found three people dead — two from gunshot wounds and a bicyclist who had been run over and killed.

The East Bay Times reported that a man was shot and killed in the neighborhood and when the suspect tried to flee, he was fatally shot by friends of the victim. The suspect then crashed his car into the bicyclist, killing him.

No arrests have yet been made and the identities of the three people have not been released. It was not immediately clear how the bicyclist was involved in the confrontation.

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