tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1229385266860507408.post266768371353401587..comments2024-01-01T05:09:25.990-08:00Comments on Oakland Makeshift Memorials 2007: Melanie Blount, #65Nic B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17677931293673153785noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1229385266860507408.post-36912478209766570842009-06-17T01:53:51.948-07:002009-06-17T01:53:51.948-07:00Oakland woman fatally shot
, FROM STAFF REPORTS
Po...Oakland woman fatally shot<br />, FROM STAFF REPORTS<br />Posted: 07/17/2007 02:54:53 AM PDT<br />Updated: 07/17/2007 02:54:53 AM PDT<br /><br /><br />OAKLAND - A 40-year-old woman was shot to death early Monday morning while walking with friends not far from the Eastmont police substation. <br />The dead woman was identified as Melanie Blount of Oakland. The shooting occurred at 12:36 a.m. in the 2300 block of 73rd Avenue near Halliday Street, within sight of the Eastmont police substation. <br /><br />Sgt. Phil Green said Blount and others were walking on the sidewalk when a car pulled up. One of the car's occupants yelled something unintelligible, Green said, then opened fire at the group. <br /><br />Blount was the only one hit. She was pronounced dead at the scene. <br /><br />Green said police right now have no motive, and that the shooting may have been a case of mistaken identity of either Blount or one of the people with her. <br /><br />Green said police were told Blount had a 4-year-old child that had been staying with a relative. <br /><br />The killing was Oakland's 65th homicide of the year. Last year at this time there were 73 homicides in the city. <br /><br />Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to <br /><br />$15,000 in reward money for information leading to information of the arrest of the suspect. Anyone with information should call police at 238-3821 or Crime Stoppers at 238-6946.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com