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Posted: 7:37 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012

Two women shot dead in East Oakland tops weekend of violence

EMT's transfer Oakland shooting victim to ambulance
EMT's transfer Oakland shooting victim to ambulance

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OAKLAND, Calif. —

Police were investigating the scene of a fatal double shooting of two women in East Oakland Sunday morning, an officer said.

Officers were called just before 6 a.m. to reports of a shooting in the 3700 block of Brookdale Avenue in Oakland's Allendale neighborhood, according to Officer Kevin McDonald.

Responding officers arrived to find two women with serious gun shot wounds.

Both victims were transported to a nearby hospital, where they both died.

Police said there were no suspects as of 7:30 a.m.

On Saturday, police say two people were killed in separate shootings.  An 18-year-old woman was shot to death around 7 a.m. and a 19-year-old man died in a hospital after being shot several times around 3 p.m. Their names have not been released.

No arrests have been made in any of the weekend shootings.

The Oakland Tribune reported that there have been 115 homicides in the Oakland so far this year, five more than all of last year.

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