Man Fatally Shot Near Knowland Park in Oakland Identified

A man who was fatally shot near Knowland Park in the Oakland hills Tuesday morning has been identified by police as 21-year-old Marcus N. West Jr. of Oakland.

Police said West was shot around 7 a.m. Tuesday in the 4700 block of Scotia Avenue, near Golf Links Road, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

No arrests have been made in the shooting and police haven't disclosed a motive for it.

Jinnie West, the victim's grandmother, said Marcus West was a father of a 2-month-old baby.

His uncle, Rev. George Fullwood, described him as a bright young man.

"He was trying to change his life and turn it around," Fullwood said.

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