ALAMEDA — The victim of a Saturday night shooting outside an Alameda bowling alley was just 19 years old, police said Sunday evening.

The young man was rushed to Highland Hospital, where he died. Police did not release his name on Sunday, but revealed more details about the tragic incident.

The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday, said Alameda Police Lt. Matt McMullen. He said police received calls from people who heard gunshots near the AMF Southshore Lanes bowling alley at 300 Park St.

McMullen said he would not reveal the exact location of the shooting this early in the investigation, but that the crime happened “in the vicinity” of the bowling alley.

The business is directly across the street from the Alameda South Shore Center shopping mall, where a seasonal ice rink frequented by children and families was open at the time of the shooting.

Monica Carney, an operations manager at AMF Southshore Lanes, confirmed Sunday that a shooting had taken place Saturday night in the parking lot. Carney said she first received word of the incident via text at 9:45 Saturday evening.

“Police locked the doors with all the staff inside around 9:30,” Carney said, adding that officers remained on scene overnight and into Sunday morning.

At midday Sunday, the bowling alley was open, and customers were inside again. No evidence of the previous night’s activity was apparent, save for a lone police cruiser departing the scene.

McMullen said there were “several people in the area” at the time of the shooting and that police were interviewing them “and making sure we have true and accurate accounts.” Police have yet to identify a suspect, he said.

He said he could not confirm with certainty whether the victim had been inside the bowling alley before the shooting.

“It’s super-, super-tragic,” McMullen said. “Our hearts and our thoughts are out to the victim and their family. We’re doing all we can with the resources we have to continue the investigation to find leads and hopefully find some kind of closure.”

Contact Rick Hurd at 925-945-4789.