Anthony Samuels, 22, was shot and killed outside an apartment complex on the 3300 block of East 17th Street in Oakland in the early hours of March 15, 2022. Court records and police reports say the shooting followed a heated argument connected to a suspected love triangle involving Charles Dupree, the mother of Dupree’s child, and Dupree’s godsister. After the mother evicted the godsister the night before, the godsister called Samuels to help move her belongings. When Samuels arrived, a confrontation with Dupree escalated and Dupree allegedly shot Samuels in the head, killing him instantly. Eyewitnesses reported Dupree later admitted the shooting, saying he had killed the man.

Charles Dupree was arrested in late May 2022 and charged with murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm; he was held without bail at Santa Rita Jail with additional court dates set. Samuels was an unintended victim in a dispute that did not center on him. Does anyone have information about Samuels, his movements that night, or witnesses who were at the scene?