2 men wounded in shooting at Castro Valley apartment complex

2 shot at Castro Valley apartment in 'ambush:' sheriff

Two people were shot at an apartment complex in Castro Valley, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Henry Lee reports.

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. - Two men were shot at an apartment complex in Castro Valley, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

Both victims were taken to the hospital, and the shooters fled from the 22400 block of Center Street in a getaway car headed toward Interstate 580, authorities said.

Sheriff's Lt. Ray Kelly originally said the shooting appeared to be an "ambush," but later clarified that it wasn't.

"That's turning out to be less likely and more likely that there was some type of meeting, an encounter, and then it went sideways and that's when the guns came out," Kelly said.

The shooting was reported at 9:18 a.m. at the Vista Creek Apartment complex in the carport area.

One of the men was hit in the chest and the other in the leg, officials said.

Aerial footage showed a heavy response from sheriff's deputies in the neighborhood.

Residents told KTVU that this complex is known for fights, assaults and other arguments. One neighbor said she's seen strange men going in and out of a second-floor unit in recent weeks. Deputies with guns drawn entered that apartment after Wednesday's shooting, she said.

And Phillip Oliver, who lives nearby, said he heard about eight or nine shots fired before authorities showed up.

A motive for the shooting was not known, and investigators were casting a wide net as to any factors that led up to the violence.

"Right now, we're piecing it together, trying to figure out how this all came about, how these individuals know each other," Kelly said. "We always look at gang relation, drug relation, robberies, it's kind of the foundation of what makes a violent crime."