OAKLAND - A Union City mother of two and a man were killed and another woman critically wounded Sunday night when a shooting erupted during an East Oakland "sideshow," police said Monday. The dead woman was identified as Latoya J. Kenny, 28. The name of the dead man, a San Leandro resident who turned 29 on Saturday was not released pending notification of relatives. The name of the wounded woman, a 28-year-old San Leandro resident, was not released by police. Homicide investigators said the three people did not know each other. The shooting happened about 9:21 p.m. Sunday in the 8700 block of International Boulevard. Sgt. Sean Fleming said Monday police believe the three shot had been part of a large group that attended a barbecue at a park a few miles away earlier Sunday and had come to the International Boulevard site for a possible after-party. Kenny was with several relatives and friends, police said. Police said several hundred people were in the area when a sideshow involving vehicles and motorcycles began. Sideshows have been notorious in Oakland for decades for reckless driving, speeding, fatal wrecks and acts of violence including killings. But there have been very few sideshows in the last year. Fleming said shots erupted during the sideshow and the three, who were standing near each other on the north side of the street, were hit by gunfire. Kenny and the man were pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was in critical condition Monday at a hospital but was expected to survive, police said.Fleming said despite the large number of people present the majority fled before police arrived and could not be questioned about the shooting. He said police don't have a motive yet and no arrests have been made.Police said Kenny was the mother of two daughters, 10 and 8. She was a graduate of James Logan High School in Union City and Chabot College and was working at the Valley Health Rehabilitation Center in Santa Clara, police said. The killings brought the number of homicides in Oakland this year to 47. Last year at this time there were 35 homicides in the city.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $25,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the killer. Anyone with information can call police at 510 238-3821 or Crime Stoppers at 510 777-8572 or 510 777-3211.
