"Six people were shot Wednesday evening, two of them fatally, in a shootout between the staff at an East Oakland pawn shop and five armed suspects attempting to rob the place, according to police. The incident took place around 7:45 pm Wednesday inside Eddy Oakland Cash 4 Gold on the 7100 block of International Boulevard. According to Oakland police, two employees pressed a silent alarm button when five armed suspects stormed the shop."
"Police arrived on the scene within minutes and found six people with gunshot wounds, as KRON4 reports. One of the robbery suspects died at the scene, and another later died at the hospital. One of the store employees was unharmed, but the owner and another employee were both injured. As KTVU reports, via a friend of the shop owner, he is expected to survive, and the injured employee suffered a non-life-threatening injury."
Six people were shot Wednesday evening in a shootout at Eddy Oakland Cash 4 Gold on the 7100 block of International Boulevard in East Oakland. Five armed suspects attempted to rob the shop around 7:45 pm; two employees pressed a silent alarm. The shop owner and employees exchanged gunfire with the suspects. Police found six people with gunshot wounds; one suspect died at the scene and another later died at the hospital. The owner and one employee were injured while a second employee was unharmed. Multiple shell casings and several weapons were recovered. Mayor Barbara Lee said she was "deeply frustrated." Investigators ask anyone with information to contact OPD's Homicide Section at 510-238-3821 or the tip line at 510-238-7950.
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