James Dale Death and Obituary, Victim Shot on Freeway Found Dead in Van on Oakland Street

James Dale Death and Obituary, Victim Shot on Freeway Found Dead in Van on Oakland Street

Shooting at an Oakland Highway took an unusual twist after the victim was found dead miles away from where he was shot.

Surveillance video shows a Chevy Astro van parking at the corner of 51st Avenue and International Boulevard in East Oakland at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday September 21, 2022. A short while later, a man gets out of the van and calmly walks away.

The California Highway Patrol is trying to figure out who the man is because Oakland police found another man inside the van who had been shot and killed. But authorities say he wasn’t shot there.

Both CHP and Oakland police converged on the crime scene on city streets. “Through their investigation they determined that what they were dealing with was likely the result of a freeway shooting on I-580,” said CHP Officer Andrew Barclay.

KTVU has learned that the man found dead in the van was James Dale, a 40-year-old parolee. KTVU also learned that Dale’s son, James Dale Jr., 22, died back in May, after a black Nissan he was in was involved in a shooting and rollover crash also on I-580 near Seminary.

Dale Jr. was a convicted felon and gang associate who died as a result of the crash.