Gene Ransom, 65, was fatally shot on Interstate 880 in Oakland, California, on February 4, 2022. The shooting occurred about 5:08 PM while Ransom was driving; his vehicle crashed near the Oak Street exit and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities treated the incident as road rage and closed the freeway for several hours during the investigation.

A 25-year-old man, Juan Angel Garcia, was arrested the next day at his San Francisco home and charged with murder. Court testimony described an altercation that began after Ransom allegedly cut off Garcia’s vehicle; Garcia reportedly accelerated to catch up and fired a shot that struck Ransom in the neck. Dashcam footage from passing vehicles was used to identify the suspect.

Ransom was well known in the Bay Area as Gene the Dream, a standout point guard for the Cal Golden Bears in the late 1970s and a 2001 inductee into the California Athletics Hall of Fame who later coached youth and worked with nonprofits addressing street violence. Does anyone have information about the shooting or remember seeing footage or witnesses from that stretch of I-880 on February 4, 2022?