One dead, four injured in shooting outside downtown bar

OAKLAND >> A 25-year-old San Francisco man was killed and four other people wounded in a shooting Thursday night outside a downtown Oakland bar, authorities said.

Police identified the man Friday afternoon as Jermaine Brown.

The other people wounded were a 33-yearold man, who was in critical condition; and a 21-year-old San Francisco woman, a 58-year-old San Lorenzo man and a 38-year-old Oakland man, who were all in stable condition, authorities said. A residence for the 33-yearold man was not immediately available.

The shooting happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of 14th Street, between Webster and Harrison streets. There are bars and other businesses on that portion of the street.

Police said at least three people approached on foot and began shooting at a group of people, including Brown, who were standing outside one of the bars. Investigators believe Brown was the intended target.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. A motive for the shooting is under investigation.

Initial reports indicated that the 58 and 38-yearold men were not part of

the group shot at, but were nearby and were hit by stray bullets.

The shooters fled in a vehicle before police arrived.

Three of the shooting victims were taken from the scene to hospitals by ambulances. The fourth

person got their own transportation to a hospital.

The killing is the 52nd homicide investigated by Oakland police this year. The California Highway Patrol has investigated four homicides on Oakland freeways. Last year at this time

police had investigated 59 homicides in the city.

Since March of 2019 when four people were shot inside one of the bars, that portion of 14th Street has seen at least five injury shootings, including one on April 10 where two women

were shot while standing outside on 14th Street near Harrison Street after a fight between some other people broke out.

Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $30,000 in reward money for information

leading to the arrest of the shooter. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821 or 510-2387950, or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.

RAY CHAVEZ — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Oakland police officers investigate a scene where one person died and several others were hospitalized after a multiple shooting outside of a sports bar on 14th Street between Harrison and Webster streets in Oakland on Thursday.