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1 killed, 3 injured in downtown Oakland shooting

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Police in Oakland, California, say a 16-year-old girl has died after being shot in the city’s downtown area, where another three people were wounded.

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The Oakland Police Department initially said five people had been shot Tuesday evening. The department then corrected the information to six people wounded, and finally said a total of four people had been shot, including a teenage girl who died at a hospital.

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Police say those who were shot range in age from mid-teens to early twenties.

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The department says the shooting happened during a vigil two blocks away for someone drowned last year in Salinas, California.

It’s unclear if the shooting is connected to the memorial gathering.

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports the broad-daylight shooting sent people ducking for cover.

Mason Stone tells the newspaper people were running “every which way.”

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