Police say 15 shot during Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California
Oakland (AP): Fifteen people were shot during a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said.
The violence broke out Wednesday night during an event at Lake Merritt that was largely peaceful, with as many as 5,000 in attendance, until a sideshow involving "motorbikes and vehicles" took place around 8:15 pm on the north side of the lake.
A fight broke out down the street from the sideshow and a crowd gathered in the area of the fight, police said on Thursday. At least one person was taken into custody for assaulting an officer.
Another person was injured during an assault that occurred after they walked across the hood of one of the vehicles involved in the sideshow and the occupants' got out and attacked them, Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell told a news conference.
No suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting, Mitchell said.
Investigators found more than 50 shell casings at the scene.
At least one gunshot victim was in critical condition. The victims' ages ranged from 20 to 30 years old.
Paul Chambers, the police department's strategic communications manager, said earlier that as officers tried to get the crowd to safety several people struck OPD officers.
A large police presence included as many as two dozen police vehicles and multiple ambulances at the scene, KTVU-TV reported. Police said 28 officers and four sergeants were at the scene to monitor the event.
Participants in the celebration were seen getting verbal with police with some people criticizing police response, saying they didn't respond quickly enough when people were injured, KTVU reported.
In 2021, a shooting during a Juneteenth celebration at Lake Merritt left several people injured and a 22-year-old San Francisco man dead.
Police said the investigation of Wednesday night's shooting was ongoing.
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Hyderabad woman commits suicide after allegedly getting injected with HIV-infected blood by relative
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old woman committed suicide in Hyderabad about a month after a relative allegedly injected her with HIV-infected blood after she rejected a marriage proposal, police said.
The woman is identified as Ramani. She was found dead at her grandmother's home in Annojiguda on Friday morning, according to The News Minute.
According to police, the accused, a 24-year-old man related to the victim, had been in a relationship with her. Initially their families had agreed to their marriage but the proposal was later withdrawn after medical tests confirmed that the man was HIV positive.
According to investigators, the accused allegedly injected his own blood into the woman at her home on March 11, after his marriage proposal was refused. Police said he obtained a syringe and committed the act when she was alone, allegedly with the intent of forcing her into marriage.
The incident was discovered when the woman told her relatives and was sent to a medical checkup. The accused was detained in March and put in judicial prison on allegations including attempted murder.
Police said a suicide note was recovered from the scene in which the woman mentioned being distressed by the manner in which the incident was discussed on social media. Family members stated that she had been undergoing emotional distress and had developed health complications following the assault.
