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Jaime Valdovinos, 25, of Los Banos died after being shot during a robbery at the Fruitvale Shopping Center in Oakland on September 26, 2019. Police say the shooting occurred about 7:10 PM in the shopping center parking lot. Officers found Valdovinos unresponsive; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to reports, Valdovinos and another person were robbed of a large amount of marijuana. During a struggle to retrieve it, Valdovinos was shot. Witnesses and surveillance footage identified 20-year-old Omar Rojo as the shooter. An arrest affidavit says Rojo admitted setting up the robbery and firing three times in Valdovinos’ direction from inside a car. Clothes and a gun linked to the shooting were recovered at a residence connected to Rojo. Jose Antonio Alvarez was also implicated and charged in the case.

What information do readers have about the incident at the Fruitvale Shopping Center that evening?