OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A five-year-old was shot in the neck in East Oakland Saturday afternoon but is in stable condition, Oakland police said.

Officers responded to a shooting at 2:43 p.m. in the 1700 block of 50th Avenue to find the child suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.

The child was transported to a local hospital and remains in guarded but stable condition.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is encouraged to call Oakland police at (510) 238-3821

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