OAKLAND — A 34-year-old man suspected in an armed robbery Thursday night in West Oakland was shot about 20 minutes later more than a mile away, authorities said.
Police don’t believe the shooting resulted from the earlier robbery and are investigating possible motives. The shooter is being sought.
Police said the 34-year-old man is suspected of robbing a 22-year-old man about 8:38 p.m. Thursday in the 1400 block of Eighth Street.
The robbery victim told police he was in his parked car when a man blocked his vehicle with a vehicle, got out and robbed him at gunpoint of his wallet before driving away.
According to police, the 34-year-old man then went to the 1200 block of 24th Street where he was shot in the hand about 9 p.m. It was not clear if he was shot outside or inside his vehicle, which had several bullet holes, police said.
The man then drove to 29th Street where police were called. The man claimed he did not know who shot him or why, authorities said.
Authorities said that officers who responded to 29th Street found a BB gun and the wallet belonging to the earlier robbery victim on the ground next to where the 34-year-old man was standing.
The robbery victim was brought to the scene and identified the man as the person who robbed him, authorities said.
The man was treated for his wound at a hospital before being booked at Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of second degree robbery, authorities said. He was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
