Man leaving Old Oakland nightclub shot dead

Photo: Google Maps A man was shot on 10th Street between Clay and Jefferson early...

A man leaving a nightclub in Old Oakland was shot and killed early Sunday, police said.

The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was shot numerous times on 10th Street between Clay and Jefferson streets in the Old Oakland neighborhood when two men opened fire at 2:19 a.m.

The victim died at Highland Hospital in Oakland.

The assailants fled and have not been arrested.

The slaying is the second in the neighborhood since Oct. 1, when Connie Sowels III, 27, of Berkeley died after being shot during a robbery outside the Bella Ultra Lounge near the corner of 11th and Clay streets. Billy Shaffer Jr., 30, of Antioch has been charged with murder and the special circumstance of murder in that case.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee



