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OAKLAND — Police are reporting that a gunshot victim who barricaded himself in an east Oakland home is currently in critical condition at Alameda County Hospital. 

After suffering at least one gunshot wound on High Street shortly before midnight Monday, police say the victim fled to a nearby residence and hid inside. 

Oakland police speculate that the man was trying to protect himself from further gunshot wounds. 

The residents of the home on the 4000 block of Suter Street then called the police to report, incorrectly, that they were being burglarized. 

Police say the victim did not know, and has not yet been able to provide any useful information about his attacker.