Man shot dead in Maxwell Park neighborhood of Oakland
Police investigating fatal shooting in Oaklands Maxwell Park neighborhood
The Oakland Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting Monday in the Maxwell Park Neighborhood. Few details are available, but police said the shooting happened around 6 p.m. One neighbor said there is a lack of police presence in the area.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Maxwell Park neighborhood of Oakland. Police said the victim was shot at least once on the 5000 block of Camden Street at Birdsall Avenue.
David Schneider, 60, was shot and killed as he was trimming trees outside his home. He staggered to his next-door neigbor's house, where he collapsed and died
The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Monday. There’s still daylight at that time but so far police haven’t said if there were any witnesses.
KTVU has obtained surveillance video showing a white car speeding off and running a stop sign in the neighborhood, 40 seconds after a single gunshot is heard.
One neighbor named Brian, who lives nearby, says he would see the victim in his yard from time to time.
He says there have been multiple thefts, home break-ins, speeding and robberies in recent years as well. Oakland police say this may have been a robbery attempt.
The neighbor also talked about the lack of police presence in the area, and although he didn’t want his face shown on camera, he did tell us about the growing concerns of people in the neighborhood.
"Everybody’s frustrated about it. We’re all very active on Next Door. There’s a lot of frustration especially lately, within the last eight months or so, about the amount of crime that’s happening in Oakland and in particular, in this neighborhood," said Brian, an Oakland resident who lives nearby.
The neighbor told KTVU he’s lived in that area for nearly 20 years and this shooting has really shaken the community.
Oakland City Councilmember Kevin Jenkins said, "It's disgusting. Oakland has to take a zero-tolerance approach to this gun violence issue."
He added, "There's no way he could have been careful. How are you careful trimming your tree? How are you careful washing your car?"
Jose Dorado, chair of the Maxwell Park Neighborhood Council said, "We just don't know what prompted the shooting. It's just so damn senseless.
Dorado said, "It's not like he had a Rolex on. He's up on a ladder, from what I understand, trimming his trees. What would prompt anybody to shoot him?"