Mario Perez, 46, of San Leandro was shot and killed on September 14, 2019, in Oakland while trying to break up a fight outside the Laurel Lounge on MacArthur Boulevard. The confrontation began around 1 a.m.; Perez, his brother and his sister-in-law intervened in a physical altercation involving the bar’s bartender and were shot by an individual who had been causing trouble outside the bar.

The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Peter Travenia of Richmond, was arrested a few blocks from the scene and the firearm used in the shooting was recovered. Several people were wounded in the incident, including Perez’s brother, his sister-in-law, Travenia’s brother and the bar owner.

Perez worked as an electrician and a maintenance worker at St. Felicitas Catholic School and was remembered by family as generous and hardworking. A GoFundMe was created to support the education of his two sons. If anyone has information about what happened outside the Laurel Lounge that night, please come forward.