Brandi Barnes, 35, was fatally shot while driving in East Oakland on December 14, 2019. The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. near Courtland and San Carlos avenues after assailants blocked her vehicle with two other cars and opened fire. Barnes died at the scene; a male companion in the car survived.

Investigators arrested 31-year-old Dewaun Poole of Oakland and charged him with murder, attempted murder for shooting at the companion, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, possession of a firearm by a felon, and carrying a loaded firearm in a city. Authorities cited witness statements, video surveillance, electronic data, DNA on shell casings, and GPS records from Poole’s phone as evidence. One other suspect who was arrested testified against Poole under a prosecution grant of immunity; other suspects in the ambush remain at large.

Poole later pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 17 years in state prison. Did anyone in the community see activity near Courtland and San Carlos that night or have information about the other suspects involved?