Crime & Safety
Alameda Boy Shot and Killed in Oakland
Gabriel Martinez Jr., 5, was near his family's taco truck in the 5400 block of International Boulevard.
A five-year-old boy killed in Oakland on Dec. 30 was an Alameda resident.
Gabriel Martinez Jr. was outside his family's taco truck with his father when he was shot at 8:38 p.m. Friday, according to the Oakland Tribune.
He died at Oakland's Children's Hospital less than a half hour later.
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Police told the San Jose Mercury News that they have no motive for the shooting and do not think that the boy was the target.
A $25,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest in the shooting, according to SF Fist.
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Martinez was the third child killed by gunfire in Oakland in 2011. In August, three-year-old Carlos Nava was killed and in December a one-year-old, Hiram Lawrence, was shot.
An ABC news story on the shooting is here.
The death was Oakland's 109th homicide of the year.
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