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Ira Wright Jr, a 30-year-old Oakland resident, was killed on October 25, 2015 during a dominoes game in the 2700 block of 76th Avenue in East Oakland. Police say a confrontation during the game escalated and Wright was fatally shot; lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The residence where the game took place was occupied by two adults and two children when the shooting occurred, and a single gunshot hole was found in the front door that traveled into the living room wall.

Witnesses identified the shooter as 29-year-old Dante Rene Budd, and surveillance video reportedly shows Budd approaching the scene before the shooting and fleeing afterward. Budd was arrested and initially charged with murder; the Alameda County District Attorney later accepted a no-contest plea to voluntary manslaughter with a firearm enhancement. On January 12, 2018 Budd was sentenced to 21 years in state prison for Wright’s killing.

If anyone was at that house or remembers the incident on 76th Avenue that night, does anything about the confrontation or the people present stand out?