Marcus Nathanial West Jr., 21, was shot and killed on March 3, 2015, around 7 a.m. as he was leaving his home near Knowland Park in the Oakland hills. The shooting happened on the 4700 block of Scotia Avenue, a primarily residential block where residents said violent crimes were rare. Marcus was near his Mitsubishi Galant when he was confronted and shot; his grandmother, Jinnie West, rushed to his side but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

An arrest followed: 24-year-old ex-felon Deshawn Christy was charged with Marcus’s murder and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. Christy, who worked as an emergency medical technician, was also facing three recent burglary counts and had a 2013 attempted second-degree commercial burglary conviction in Alameda County. He was arraigned and held without bail at the Glenn Dyer Jail in Oakland.

Marcus’s family described him as hardworking and outgoing and noted he had a two-month-old son. Does anyone in the area remember seeing or hearing anything on Scotia Avenue that morning, or have information that could shed light on what happened?