Oakland police officers fatally shot a person in East Oakland early Sunday evening.

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The officers were towing vehicles involved in a sideshow — which involved hundreds of vehicles spinning and performing “donuts” — when they were approached by someone pointing a what appeared to be firearm in their direction, according to police. The officers fatally shot the individual.

The shooting took place at 5:34 p.m. Sunday, according to police, in the area of 90th Ave. and Bancroft Ave.

The sideshow that preceded the shooting occurred around 12:45 a.m. Sunday on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland, according to Bay City News Service. About 200 vehicles entered the highway's southbound lanes driving in the wrong direction.

That sideshow was followed by another, around 1:30 a.m., near International Boulevard and 55th Ave., BCN said, quoting California Highway Patrol officials.

The police department later tweeted a photo of the firearm used and said it was a replica.

Oakland police provided no details on the person shot hours later. They said no officers were injured.

Emily Green is a San Francisco Chronicle reporter. E-mail: egreen@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @emilytgreen