Alberto Juarez Jr., 40, was fatally shot on July 24, 2016, in East Oakland during a street party in the 9200 block of Holly Street. He intervened to stop an assault in which members of the Norteno gang were beating a rival who had been knocked unconscious. Juarez was shot multiple times and died at the scene; three other men were wounded and survived.

Honorio Hernandez-Meza was identified by witnesses and physical evidence as the shooter and was charged with murder, three counts of attempted murder, and unlawful firearm activity. He was arrested on October 20, 2016, later pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced on August 8, 2018, to 16 years in state prison. Juarez’s sister Monica Perez and daughter Irene Juarez spoke at sentencing about the impact of his death and called his killing cowardly.

Was anyone in the neighborhood aware of tensions between the groups that night or other incidents leading up to the shooting?