Body wrapped in plastic discovered on Oakland street

Police responding to shots fired found two men dead from gunshot wounds in Oakland's Fruitvale District Thursday night. Police responding to shots fired found two men dead from gunshot wounds in Oakland's Fruitvale District Thursday night. Photo: Mike Kepka Photo: Mike Kepka Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Body wrapped in plastic discovered on Oakland street 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A dead body wrapped in plastic was found by police Tuesday morning dumped on an Oakland street, officials said.

Officers found the body shortly after 8 a.m. in the 2600 block of Union Street after getting a report of a corpse in the area, said Officer Johnna Watson, a spokeswoman for the police department.

The gender, race and age of the person is not known and the cause of death will be determined by the coroner’s office, she said.

Anyone with information on the incident can call Oakland’s homicide division, which is working with the coroner’s office, at (510) 238-3821.

Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: haleaziz@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @haleaziz