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Posted: 3:57 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013

Oakland police release name of man fatally shot Wednesday

Oakland Police
Oakland Police

KTVU.com and wires

OAKLAND, Calif. —

A man who was fatally shot in Oakland on Wednesday afternoon was identified by police Thursday as 20-year-old Malik Birchett, of Oakland.

Officers responding to a report of a shooting in the 600 block of 55th Street, near Children's Hospital Oakland, at about 2:30 p.m. found Birchett suffering from a gunshot wound.

Birchett was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to police.

Oakland police said they do not yet know the motive for the shooting.

They asked anyone with information about the crime to call the Police Department's major crimes section at (510) 238-3821.

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