Crime & Safety

Second Homicide In 24 Hours Reported In Hayward

Hayward police are investigating two fatal shootings that took place Saturday afternoon and early Sunday.

HAYWARD, CA — Hayward police are investigating the city's second fatal shooting in 24 hours after finding a man in the 27000 block of Belvedere Court suffering from gunshot wounds at 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

The discovery comes less than eight hours after a shooting victim was pronounced dead at 4:45 p.m. in the area of Amador Way and Yolo Street.

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The identities in both shootings are being withheld until next of kin are notified.

Anyone with information on either homicide is asked to call police at (510) 293-7176.

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Police say the incidents are the third and fourth homicides this year in Hayward.

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