Tamu Myers, 40, of Oakland was shot and killed on December 28, 2016, at about 5:46 p.m. in the 900 block of 21st Street, a stretch by a recycling center where she often collected and sold recyclables. The shooting occurred during a personal dispute with 34-year-old Tanika Beltcher, who lived at the recycling center with its operator. Witnesses identified Beltcher as the shooter; they heard an argument, saw Beltcher holding and firing a gun through a hole in the trailer’s screen door, and found Myers gasping and struggling to breathe after being shot.

Beltcher was arrested shortly after the incident and admitted the shooting, saying it arose from the personal disagreement. She was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. In 2018 a jury convicted Beltcher of second-degree murder and the firearm-possession charge, found she personally and intentionally discharged a firearm that caused Myers’ death, rejected Beltcher’s self-defense claims, and sentenced her to 25 years to life. An appeal challenging trial errors was later rejected by the appellate court.

What details about Myers’ life or the dispute with Beltcher might help clarify what led to the shooting?