Hamilton Rodriguez-Ramos, 20, of Oakland, California, was shot during a robbery on December 5, 2014, in the 500 block of 37th Street near the MacArthur BART station and died of his wounds on December 10, 2014. He had been lured to the location under the pretense of selling marijuana to a former high school acquaintance, identified as Amari Harmon. Harmon and three other men confronted and robbed Rodriguez-Ramos at gunpoint; he was shot in the head despite pleading for mercy and later succumbed to his injuries.

Investigators arrested four suspects: Amari Harmon, Tony Alonzo Reed, Steven Hall, and Joel Robinson. Harmon was identified at trial as the shooter. Harmon and Reed pleaded no contest to first-degree murder and received sentences of 25 years to life. Hall and Robinson accepted plea deals to carjacking and were sentenced to six years. Surveillance video and witness testimony were important to the prosecution, and Rodriguez-Ramos’s family attended sentencing and expressed their grief.

If anyone knew Hamilton, saw activity around 37th Street near the MacArthur BART station in early December 2014, or has further information about the case, please share what is known.