OAKLAND — A lady was discovered useless early Thursday at a big East Oakland homeless encampment, and police mentioned it seems foul play is concerned.
Police nonetheless have been attempting to determine the lady, who they mentioned had suffered trauma to her head. They're investigating the case as a murder.
Officers responded to the 1500 block of East twelfth Avenue about 6:40 a.m. and the lady was down within the roadway. Authorities pronounced her useless on the scene.
Police mentioned the lady had contacts throughout the homeless camp however didn't reside there.
An post-mortem by the Alameda County Coroner’s Workplace will decide the precise reason for dying.
The lady’s dying is the seventy fifth murder investigated by the Oakland Police Division in 2022. The California Freeway Patrol has investigated 4 freeway homicides inside metropolis limits. Final 12 months presently Oakland police had investigated 80 homicides within the metropolis.
The homeless camp the place the lady was discovered stretches for a number of blocks on East twelfth Avenue and it has been the positioning of earlier deadly shootings and homicides.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are providing as much as $10,000 in reward cash for data resulting in the arrest of a suspect. To contact police, name 510-238-3821 or 510-238-7950. To contact Crime Stoppers, contact 510-777-8572.