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Ignacio Mendoza Calmo, 32, was fatally shot outside the Iglesia de Dios in East Oakland on December 18, 2016. He had been taking a break from playing guitar at a funeral service inside the church when a violent altercation spilled out onto the 2500 block of Mason Street near Foothill Boulevard. Responding officers found him with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other Oakland residents suffered minor injuries and were expected to recover.

Ignacio had emigrated from Guatemala eleven years earlier, worked in construction and was described by his family as an innocent bystander focused on providing for his two children. His wife Gloria Mendoza and their daughter Heidy survived him; Heidy, then 12, witnessed his final moments and has pushed for justice. The shooter fled and no suspects have been identified or arrested; the Oakland Police Department has not released a motive and investigators have asked anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone who attended that funeral or lives near Mason Street on December 18, 2016, see anything that could help Ignacio’s family?