Jake P. Walter was 30 and a probationary firefighter from Oakland when he was killed on August 17, 2017, in San Jose. Walter and a fellow firefighter were off-duty and with classmates from their academy attending the Taylor Street Night Market in Japantown. Witnesses reported gunfire erupted outside the Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. without warning; Walter was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries, and his colleague was critically injured and later stabilized.

San Jose police arrested 27-year-old Oliver Juinio of San Jose shortly after the shooting and charged him with murder and attempted murder. Investigators said there was no known connection between Juinio and the victims and that the attack appeared random. Juinio’s record includes convictions for burglary and attempted burglary in 2010 and a drunk driving offense in 2015; the earlier felonies were noted as two strikes under California law.

The Oakland Fire Department and the community publicly mourned Walter, and a memorial service was held. Can anyone who was at the Taylor Street Night Market or who knows more about that night share what they saw?