Albert Easley was 35 when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in West Oakland on February 11, 2016. The shooting occurred about 11:10 a.m. in the 1000 block of 24th Street. Easley and a 26-year-old man were standing on the sidewalk when someone opened fire from a vehicle; Easley died about 90 minutes later at a hospital and the other man survived with gunshot wounds.

Prosecutors say the shooting was retaliatory: after the 26-year-old had allegedly assaulted Rosalyn Green earlier that day, Green contacted her boyfriend, Daniel Casey, who drove to the scene and fired from his car. Witnesses identified Casey and he was arrested on February 17, 2016. Green was charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly instigating the attack. Casey was charged with murder, attempted murder and shooting from a motor vehicle; his defense claimed he acted in self-defense, saying the 26-year-old had pointed a gun at him.

In December 2017 a jury convicted Casey of voluntary manslaughter, attempted murder, shooting from a motor vehicle and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm, finding imperfect self-defense for the initial shooting but not for subsequent rounds. He was sentenced in March 2018 to 58 years to life. Did anyone in the community witness events around 24th Street that morning or have information about the retaliation that led to this shooting?