Alayasia Heaven Thurston, 19, was killed on May 18, 2021, when a party bus she was riding on was ambushed in Oakland. The bus was carrying people celebrating a 21st birthday and was shot at on Interstate 580 near the MacArthur Boulevard exit; the attack continued as the vehicle moved onto city streets. At least 70 rounds struck the bus. Thurston and 16-year-old Zoey Hughes of Modesto were killed; several other passengers were wounded and one suffered critical injuries.

Investigators concluded the shooting was not random and believe the attackers were aiming for a specific person on the bus who had posted on social media about being aboard; that targeted individual survived. Authorities linked the bus attack to a double homicide in Oakland two days earlier, in which 17-year-olds Marcel Alley Jr. and Isaac Mitchell were killed, and view the party bus shooting as retaliation. No arrests have been announced and the suspects remain unidentified.