Two Oakland Homicide Victims Identified

OAKLAND, CA - Police have identified two men who were shot and killed only about a block from each other in East Oakland on Thursday night and Friday morning.

Isaac Patton, 28, of Oakland, was found shot at 11:20 a.m. Friday in the 1600 block of 99th Avenue. He died at the scene.

The previous night, at 10:25 p.m., Antonio Alejandre Jr., 27, of Livermore, was shot outside a convenience store along with two other men. The shooting occurred only about two blocks away in the 1500 block of 100th Avenue, police said. One of the two wounded men was found along with Alejandre and was taken to a hospital. The third man took himself to a hospital, police said. The two men are expected to survive.

Another victim who was shot and killed at 10:25 p.m. Friday in the 1300 block of 71st Avenue has yet to be identified.

Police have not announced any arrests and did not provide any description of the suspects in the killings.

The three homicides made it five in Oakland last week, bringing the total number of homicides in the city this year to 13, including a January shooting onboard a BART train.

Anyone with information about the shooting is being asked to call the Police Department's homicide section at (510) 238-3821 or the department's tip line at (510) 238-7950.

--Bay City News