OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPT. 16: A California Highway Patrol officer investigates the scene of a freeway shooting on Highway 24 eastbound near the entrance of the Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. A traffic alert was issued around 4:25 pm as commuters were heading home to the East Bay. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND — An eastbound Caldecott Tunnel bore reopened to traffic after police activity closed it, severely delaying commute traffic Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Shortly before 3:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers began diverting eastbound traffic off Highway 24 lanes, a CHP officer said.
A Sig-alert closing the tunnel’s No. 1 bore was issued at 4:18 p.m. with no estimated time of reopening, the officer said. The alert was lifted at 5:46 p.m. Traffic delays on eastbound Highway 24 and northbound Highway 13 lingered.
A CHP spokesman was not immediately able to corroborate at least one report citing an investigation of a non-injury shooting between two vehicles, but later said a spokesman with the department’s Golden Gate Division would issue a statement late Thursday. When contacted, that spokesman said an investigation was in progress, with no preliminary details available to share.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPT. 16: Eastbound traffic is backed up as law enforcement investigates the scene of a freeway shooting on Highway 24 eastbound near the entrance of the Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. A traffic alert was issued around 4:25 pm as commuters were heading home to the East Bay. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPT. 16: Law enforcement officers investigate the scene of a freeway shooting on Highway 24 eastbound near the entrance of the Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. A traffic alert was issued around 4:25 pm as commuters were heading home to the East Bay. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPT. 16: A vehicle is towed away as a California Highway Patrol officer investigates the scene of a freeway shooting on Highway 24 eastbound near the entrance of the Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. A traffic alert was issued around 4:25 pm as commuters were heading home to the East Bay. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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