OAKLAND (BCN) — An unknown gunman opened fire near the West Oakland BART station on Friday afternoon, sending a victim to the hospital and passengers on a nearby bus ducking to the floor, according to police and witness accounts.
Police have released few details about the shooting. At about 3:20 p.m., a victim was shot near the corner of Seventh Street and Mandela Parkway. The victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition, police said.
No suspects have been identified and police have made no arrests.
A witness posting online said she heard the gunshots just as her bus was pulling up on the opposite corner. People waiting at the bus stop crawled onto the bus and laid on the floor until they reached Adeline Street, she said.
“There were tons of people out — lots of little ones getting off school,” she wrote. “It was a seriously brazen act and I’m grateful no one was killed but the shooting felt indiscriminate and relatively lengthy… and
in broad day light.”
As police investigated, there were 13 evidence markers in the middle of Mandela Parkway.
The West Oakland BART station was the scene of a fatal shooting just weeks ago when an Antioch man was shot and killed on board a San Francisco-bound train as it pulled into the station at about 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 9.
The shooter fled from the station. BART police have released surveillance photos of the suspect, but so far have made no arrests.