Woman shot dead in East Oakland in road-rage dispute

Perla Avina was shot and killed Sunday in East Oakland during a road-rage confrontation. Perla Avina was shot and killed Sunday in East Oakland during a road-rage confrontation. Photo: Curtesy Oakland Police Dept. Photo: Curtesy Oakland Police Dept. Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Woman shot dead in East Oakland in road-rage dispute 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A 30-year-old mother of four was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in East Oakland during a road-rage confrontation, police said.

Around 1 p.m., officers responded to the 400 block of Rossmoor Avenue in the city’s Brookfield Village neighborhood after reports of a shooting and found Perla Avina dead from a gunshot wound, police said.

Investigators determined that Avina and her husband were in their 1998 Toyota Camry traveling south between the 400 and 600 block of 98th Avenue when someone in another car got into a road-rage dispute and opened fire. Avina, the front seat passenger, was shot in the face, police said.

Her husband drove a few blocks to their home on Rossmoor, where she died. She leaves behind four children, the youngest only a year and a half old, authorities said.

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No suspects were identified and no one was arrested in the killing, police said.

Police are asking anyone who may witnessed the confrontation or saw the responsible vehicle leaving the scene to contact investigators at (510) 238-3821 or Crime Stoppers at (510) 777-8572. There is up to a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.

Evan Sernoffsky and Henry K. Lee are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com and hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky @henryklee