Michael Vincent Lopretta, 19, of Fairfield, California, was fatally shot on November 4, 2021, in what police described as a robbery gone wrong. He was meeting someone to buy a car he had been saving for—a 2013 BMW 5 series—after arranging the sale through the OfferUp app. Officers found Michael on Tyler Street around noon with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say he had $7,000 on hand for the purchase.

Authorities arrested 24-year-old Kamaria Strange of San Pablo and charged her with homicide and robbery; she was booked into the Solano County Jail without bail and pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and second-degree robbery. Michael’s parents said he had graduated from Benicia High School and wanted to be a history teacher; his family placed a memorial at the site of his death. The Fairfield Police Department has since promoted a Safe Exchange Zone under 24-hour surveillance for online transaction meetups.

Does anyone have information about the meeting on Tyler Street or recall seeing Michael that day?