A man believed to be in his 50s was shot multiple times Wednesday morning in Oakland's San Antonio district and later died at a hospital, becoming the city's 42nd homicide investigation of the year. No arrests have been made, and police have not yet identified him.
The shooting happened in the 2000 block of International Boulevard and triggered a gunshot detection alert, according to East Bay Times. Officers arriving at the scene found the man after he had been shot and recovered multiple shell casings nearby. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators have not determined whether the man was shot by someone who confronted him on the street or by someone firing from a passing vehicle, the outlet reports. The motive remains under investigation, and Oakland police are asking anyone with information to call homicide investigators at 510-238-3821 or the department's tip line at 510-238-7950.
Previous Violence Along International Boulevard
This is not the first deadly shooting on this stretch of International Boulevard. In July 2024, 24-year-old San Diego native Juliette Harris was killed just after 2 a.m. in the same 2000 block, a case in which the FBI had offered a $5,000 reward, according to the Oakland Police Department
. The broader boulevard has seen repeated bursts of lethal violence this year, including a January 3 shooting in the 8400 block that left three people dead and a July 13 officer-involved shooting in the 4000 block, per the City of Oakland and
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International Boulevard has also drawn attention for traffic-safety concerns, as reflected in the City of Oakland and the Oakland Report.
Citywide Homicides Keep Falling, Even as This Block Doesn't
The killing arrives as Oakland's homicide count remains below last year's pace. Oakland police had investigated just 55 homicides by this point last year, per East Bay Times, and the department reported 41 homicides through mid-October this year, according to CBS News.
The city finished 2025 with 67 homicides, a 25-year low and a 50% decline from the 134 homicides recorded in 2021, as reported by The Guardian. That drop occurred as President Donald Trump suggested other cities could see federal troops and separately called Oakland beyond saving, the newspaper reported. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, overall violent crime fell 22% compared to the same period in 2025, driven by a 39% decline in homicides, according to KQED, though the outlet's community interviews found that resident perceptions of safety remained mixed.
Oakland police leadership has credited the citywide decline to the revitalized Operation Ceasefire strategy, which targets high-risk individuals and partners with community violence-intervention groups, according to CBS News. Ceasefire was restarted and refocused in 2023 after being scaled down during the pandemic. The drop has also coincided with a major governance shift: U.S. District Judge William Orrick ended 23 years of federal court oversight of the Oakland Police Department on September 29, returning full independent control to local authority, as Hoodline previously reported. OPD had been under federal oversight since the 2003 “Riders” police misconduct settlement.
Crime Stoppers Partnership Ends
The Oakland Police Department and Oakland Crime Stoppers ended their partnership, and cash rewards stopped.
With no arrests announced and the victim still unidentified, Wednesday's shooting underscores a tension playing out across Oakland: citywide statistics point to historic improvement, even as this killing on International Boulevard in San Antonio leaves investigators without named suspects or a confirmed motive.
