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An Asian woman was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in Oakland’s Little Saigon neighborhood on Sunday afternoon, officials said. The Oakland Police Department confirmed the shooting happened just after 2 p.m. near Lake Merritt on the 1000 block of Fifth Avenue. “Upon officers’ arrival, they located a female victim with apparent gunshot wound(s),” the police department told SFGATE in an email. “The victim was transported to an area hospital for medical treatment where she succumbed to her wound(s) and was pronounced deceased.” Homicide investigators have begun looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting and the 60-year-old victim’s identity...
