Tahjier Lafleur was 17 when he was found shot to death on the morning of March 16, 2021, on a lawn in the 800 block of East 28th Street near Ninth Avenue in East Oakland. The neighborhood is predominantly residential. It is unclear why Lafleur was in that specific location; his relatives lived in another part of East Oakland several miles away.

The Oakland Police Department investigated the case and, with Crime Stoppers of Oakland, offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. As of the most recent update in the file, no arrests have been made and the homicide remains unsolved. The killing was recorded as Oakland’s 30th homicide of that year.

A related trial elsewhere resulted in a Union City man being found guilty of first-degree murder in a violent crime spree that ended with the death of an Oakland teenager, but no arrest has been announced in Lafleur’s killing. If anyone knew Tahjier or has information about his death or why he was in that area, please come forward.