Driver Caught In Crossfire

Driver winds up at the wrong place at the wrong time

It appears an innocent driver was caught in the crossfire as bullets flew in an Oakland neighborhood Monday night.

Witnesses tell police at least 50 rounds were fired just after 11:00 p.m. Monday at 98th Avenue and Holly Street in East Oakland.

When police arrived, they found two men lying on the ground -- one with a gunshot wound to the chest, the other with an injury to the leg.

Officers say it's possible the two victims were shooting at one another, when a third man happened to drive by on his way home.

The windows of the car were blown out by gunfire, but the driver managed to make it home safely.

A man who claims to be the driver's roommate says the driver was grazed by a bullet to the collarbone.

All three people involved in the shooting are expected to survive.

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