OAKLAND — California Highway Patrol officers arrested a San Francisco man connected to the fatal Friday shooting on Interstate 880 in Oakland of a man several reports have said was a former Cal basketball Hall of Famer.
The CHP and Alameda County sheriff-coroner would not confirm the shooting victim’s identity Saturday evening. Firefighters found the man from an apparent gunshot wound at about 5:45 p.m. at Oak Street near the Broadway off-ramp, said Michael Hunt, a spokesperson for the Oakland Fire Department. The CHP closed all northbound lanes of the freeway leading to nearly five hours of snarled traffic, reopening them around 10 p.m.According to an, under coach Dick Edwards, Ransom played from 1975-76 through 1977-78, totaling 1,185 points, averaging 14.8 points over 80 games. He started all three seasons and scored 17.0 per game his final year as a junior.