San Francisco: One person was killed in a shooting Wednesday evening in the Uptown district of Oakland, in the western U.S. state of California, police said.

Arriving officers provided medical treatment to the victim until medics arrived. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital but died of the gunshot wound, according to police.

The victim's identification was not immediately released. Homicide investigators are looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting and have made no arrests.

The killing is the 51st homicide investigated by Oakland police this year, The Mercury News reported on Thursday.