Paul Michael Carlisle, a 70-year-old resident of Oakland, California, died on December 1, 2015, from complications of gunshot wounds he suffered on November 23, 1976. On that date Officer Carlisle, then serving with the Oakland Police Department, stopped a stolen vehicle at 16th Street and Broadway. The suspect, a parolee from a 1970 murder conviction, drew a handgun and shot Carlisle, striking his spinal cord and leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.

Carlisle survived the 1976 attack but remained bedridden and required constant care until his death. The shooter was originally sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1–15 years for assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. After parole in 1983 the man faced charges for attempted robbery, possession of stolen property, and possession of a firearm; a later 1992 conviction for kidnapping and robbery produced a 30-year sentence and made him eligible for parole in December 2023.

Anyone who knew Officer Carlisle or has information about the 1976 shooting is asked to share what they remember.