OAKLAND, CA — A man who was fatally shot in West Oakland early Monday afternoon and a woman who was found shot to death at an East Oakland motel early Sunday morning were identified by police today.
The man who was killed in the 1100 block of 32nd Street at about 1:09 p.m. on Monday in West Oakland was Jerry Harbin, 37, of Oakland, police said.
Officers who responded to the shooting found Harbin suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers and paramedics tried to revive Harbin but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police haven't disclosed a motive for the shooting and haven't made any arrests.
A woman who was found fatally shot in a room at the Starlite Motel at 10000 MacArthur Boulevard at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday was identified as Magdalena Mendoza, 19, of Oakland. Police also haven't released information about a motive or suspects in Mendoza's death.
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Mendoza is at least the second woman who's been fatally shot at the Starlite Motel in recent years, as 19-year-old Tianna Leui of San Leandro was shot to death there at about 3 a.m. on July 12, 2012.
In March 2014, Andre Moncrease, described by prosecutors as a pimp, was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for killing Leui. Prosecutor Laura Passaglia said Lieu had been working as a prostitute for Moncrease but had been trying to leave him and he shot her in the face as she was lying defenseless on a bed at the motel.
In March 2015 the Oakland City Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down the Starlite Motel, alleging that it has been an epicenter of criminal activity. City Attorney Barbara Parker said that as of March 2015 the motel had been the source of more than 335 calls for service to Oakland police over five years.
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