RICHMOND — A well-known Bay Area rapper remained in critical condition Monday morning after being shot multiple times, police said.

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Charles Williams, 39, who goes by the stage name Keak Da Sneak, had been wounded several times and was found in front of a shuttered 76 Gas Station at Carlson Boulevard and Imperial Way when police arrived, Richmond police Lt. Felix Tan said. Officers responded there around 5:30 a.m. after receiving a call that shots were fired.

An ambulance took Williams to a hospital trauma center, where he is listed in stable condition, Tan said.

“They’re working around the clock on this case,” he said Monday evening. “We’re hoping to talk to the victim as soon as he gets recovered enough to speak with us.”

Williams’ shooting led to a Twitter outpouring that was a mixture of sympathy, questions, and hearsay, including speculation that he had died.

Police did not identify any suspects and would not speculate as to whether the shooting was a drive-by.

Williams is an Oakland native, and Tan said police believe his current residence is Sacramento.

The rapper performed as the headliner Sunday evening at Complex, a venue on 14th Street in downtown Oakland.

Complex General Manager Oscar Edwards said Williams put on a 30-minute show, took pictures with fans and left with his wife and other relatives at about 11:30 p.m.

“I haven’t seen Keak in Oakland in a while,” said Edwards, who once hosted Williams’ birthday party at the venue. “He was fine when he left. He put on a good show.”

Stanley Cox, who goes by the rap name Mistah F.A.B., also attended the showcase and in an Instagram post later deleted said he saw Williams on Sunday.

“We need to stop waiting ’til we hear news of something to show our appreciation for someone,” Cox said in the video. “When a man be going through his ups and downs and trials and tribulations, that’s when he needs his friends. That’s when he needs his support.

“We gotta start loving each other while we here, man, giving each other roses while we’re here,” the North Oakland native said.

A day after a Jan. 19 show at Tracy’s The Venu nightclub, Williams was reportedly shot but managed to take the stage with a cane at a show only two days later.

“You’ll never understand how valuable life is until it flash before ya eyes,” he said in an Instagram post. “Gods plan can never be determined by man an fa that I’m still livin an Can’t nothin on this earth stop me!”

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Williams was arrested in May in Hercules on suspicion of violating probation. He had been arrested in September 2016 on suspicion of driving with a suspended license and evading a police officer.

Williams’ hip-hop career has spanned nearly 30 years. He gained fame in the mid-’90s as a member of the Bay Area rap group 3X Krazy. As a solo artist, Williams contributed to several so-called “Bay anthems,” including the 2006 hit single “Tell Me When to Go,” alongside Vallejo rapper E-40, and the song “Super Hyphy,” in which Williams takes credit for coining the term “hyphy.”

A music video of Williams’ song Thunderdome was released on Youtube through Empire in June.

