One person died overnight Thursday after a freeway shooting on Interstate 580 in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The shooting occurred just before midnight on westbound I-580 near the Lakeshore Avenue off-ramp and Park Boulevard, the CHP said. After the shooting, the victim exited the freeway at Lakeshore and crashed into a pole.
Video from the crash scene shows the victim's vehicle, a pickup truck, riddled with bullet holes. It wasn't immediately clear if the victim died from gunshot wounds or as a result of the crash.
The victim's identity was not released, and it was unknown if they were male or female.
No suspects were in custody, and no other injuries were reported, the CHP said.
The Lakeshore Avenue off-ramp would remain closed during the investigation.
Thursday's incident is the latest in a series of deadly freeway shootings and the second in less than a week.
On Saturday, a 5-year-old girl was shot and killed while riding in the back seat of her family's car on Interstate 880 near Fremont. Last month, a man was shot on city streets and later died on I-580 near Park Boulevard. The latest investigations come after the death of 2-year-old Jasper Wu, who was killed by a stray bullet on I-880 in Oakland in 2021.
CHP data shows highway shooting have doubled from 2019 to 2021, with Alameda County reporting the most shooting outs of all nine Bay Area counties at 165 during that time.
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