Teen girl, man wounded in Oakland shootings

OAKLAND — A 14-year-old girl and a man were wounded in two shootings that happened within four hours Monday night and  early Tuesday in different areas of East Oakland, authorities said.

Both victims were in stable condition at hospitals.

Police said the shootings are not related.

The girl told police she was walking with some friends in the 2000 block of 23rd Avenue about 1 a.m. Tuesday when she heard a loud noise and saw she had been shot in the leg.  No one else was injured.

The friends took her to a hospital.

Police are hoping to interview the girl soon to get more details about the shooting.  There is no motive so far and no arrests have been made.

On Monday about 9:41 p.m. a man in his 20s said he was shot while he was outside in the 1600 block of High Street.

He got a ride from someone else to a hospital in another city where he was in stable condition while undergoing treatment for multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said.

Police are trying to determine a motive for the shooting and get suspect information.  No arrests have been made.

Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $5,000 in reward money in each shooting for information leading to the arrests of the suspects.  Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.