Francisco Rosa-Rosales, 43, was shot to death on East 19th Street in Oakland on July 6, 2021. Earlier that night he and an acquaintance, Charlie Alvarado, had been drinking at a Richmond bar; Alvarado later testified that Rosa-Rosales proposed driving to Oakland to rob and exploit sex workers. Their first attempted robbery failed when a sex worker escaped, and later they encountered a group with a similar but opposing intent, which ended in a violent confrontation.

By midnight Rosa-Rosales had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Alvarado was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony and said the robbery plan was Rosa-Rosales’ idea. Jaylynnkelly Walton, 20, contacted police expressing fear, was arrested, and during interrogation confessed to participating in robberies and to accidentally shooting Rosa-Rosales; her attorney later described the interrogation as coercive and unconstitutional. Walton was charged with murder and firearm offenses, the murder charge was later dropped, and she pleaded no contest to robbery, receiving a nine-year sentence. Two other suspects believed involved in the shooting have not been publicly identified or apprehended.

What can readers add about the people or events that night that might clarify who else was present or how the fatal shooting began?