Donald Ward, 22, was killed on January 20, 2015, in West Oakland near 10th and Willow streets. Ward and another man, Marcus Sims, were sitting in a minivan when they were both shot in what has been described as execution-style. Ward died at the scene; Sims died later at a hospital.

Investigators tied the killings to gang-related activity and to an internal dispute. Carlton Broussard, 29 and a convicted felon, was identified as one of the shooters; an unidentified second gunman also took part. Reports say Ward and Sims had been committing robberies in the area and that one victim was close to Broussard, producing a revenge motive. Broussard was arrested in March 2015 in Middleburg, Florida, and charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and weapons enhancements.

At trial, the prosecution presented evidence about a warning Broussard had received that Ward and Sims intended to harm him and said he acted in self-defense; the jury nevertheless found him guilty of all charges. He was also convicted of a second-degree robbery that occurred days after the double homicide. Does anyone have information about Ward’s activities in West Oakland or about witnesses to the shooting near 10th and Willow?