Police in Oakland have launched a homicide investigation after a man was fatally shot in an East Oakland neighborhood Wednesday night.

A man died in a shooting in Oakland on Wednesday night, according to police. Officers responded shortly before 9 a.m. to the 1400 block of 27th Avenue near International Boulevard for a ShotSpotter gunshot detection system activation in the area and found the man, who was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries there, Oakland police said.

A man was fatally shot near Oakland’s Fruitvale area Wednesday night, police said. The city’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection system alerted officers to the shooting about 9 p.m. on 27th Avenue near International Boulevard.