Luis Meraz, 27, was shot and killed outside his East Oakland home on the 1100 block of 107th Avenue on the evening of December 3, 2014, around 7:08 p.m. He died at the scene after being shot multiple times. The Oakland Police Department’s initial investigation found no clear motive and there were no immediate arrests.

The case later developed when police arrested 27-year-old Robi Sojourner in 2017, charging him in connection with the killing. Officers say the shooting followed a failed robbery attempt after Meraz resisted; witnesses and physical evidence were reported to have helped identify Sojourner. Authorities did not allege any accomplices.

In 2021 Sojourner pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter; murder and gun possession charges were dropped and he received a 12-year sentence. Did anyone in East Oakland at the time see or hear anything that could shed more light on that night?