Crime-ridden Oakland rocked by another tragedy as father is shot between the eyes by stray bullet that flew into his home as he slept

A California father-of-two is fighting for his life after he was shot in the head by a stray bullet as he slept.

Run Hua Kuang, 33, returned from his job as a delivery truck driver and took a nap on August 1 when he was struck by a bullet in his East Oakland housing project home.

The stray bullet soared through a wall, penetrated the headboard and went through Kuang's head before coming out of his left eye, according to a GoFundMe set up by his sister Jasmine.

Kuang underwent a seven-hour surgery after the shooting and is now on life support in the ICU.

'This shocking incident has left the entire family traumatized and in deep distress. This tragedy has created a severe financial burden for our family,' Jasmine said.

Run Hua Kuang (pictured), 33, is fighting for his life after he was shot in the head by a stray bullet

The father of seven-month-old and three-year-old daughters (pictured) returned from his job as a delivery truck driver and took a nap when he was hit

'Hua’s absence is even more of a hardship and struggle since he is the only one who can speak limited English and take care of the responsibilities and communications for the household.' 

Kuang immigrated to the U.S. from Taishan, China in 2005 and is the sole breadwinner for his wife of seven years and their seven-month-old and three-year-old daughters along with his parents. 

It is unclear what the circumstances are around the shooting. DailyMail.com has reached out to the Oakland Police Department and the Oakland Housing Authority Police Department for comment.

Residents of the city are grappling with out-of-control crime and the loss of confidence in their elected leader.

While scenes of brazen criminal activity in the city have become common, Democrat mayor Sheng Thao's fledgling administration is wrought with scandal.

Crime-ridden Oakland has just 35 officers on patrol across the city at any given moment, the police department has admitted.

Oakland is a city of around 435,000 residents, meaning that there is just one cop on patrol for every 12,500 citizens.

The stray bullet soared through a wall, penetrated the headboard and went through Kuang's head

Kuang immigrated to the U.S. from Taishan, China in 2005 and is the sole breadwinner for his wife of 7 years, their two kids and his parents

The department is made up of 705 officers, but is only authorized by the city to have 678. Similarly sized Miami has over 1,100 sworn members of its police force and Long Beach, California has 824 officers.

Even though the homicide rate has come down, Oakland has more murders than the US average.

That's while robberies and car thefts have doubled and tripled respectively when compared to pre-pandemic rates.

Among the most shocking include a mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration at Lake Merritt and an elderly woman getting attacked and robbed in broad daylight.

Just last month, 100 robbers tore a gas station apart and picked the shelves clean, their conduct not generating a timely police response.