Oakland driver killed in daylight shooting near Lake Merritt

OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot Sunday while driving near Lake Merritt and crashed his vehicle into a nearby motel parking lot, creating a public crime scene but no immediate clarity on why he was attacked, authorities said.

The driver was traveling east on Lake Merritt Boulevard past 12th Street — near the René C. Davidson Courthouse — around 11:55 a.m. when he was shot by an unknown assailant, according to Oakland police.

Wounded, the man continued driving his Honda Odyssey minivan...