Police investigate Mosswood Park encampment death as homicide

A person found dead in a tent Sunday evening in Oakland’s Mosswood Park had reportedly suffered traumatic injuries, police said Tuesday.

Someone reported the death to police at about 7 p.m. Sunday. Mosswood Park is located at 3612 Webster St., across from Kaiser Hospital.

Mosswood Park has been home to a homeless encampment. Investigators also went to the park and began looking into the apparent homicide, according to police. Police are withholding the victim’s name until his family is notified.

Anyone with information about the case is urged to call the Police Department’s Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821 or a tip line at (510) 238-7950.