Alex Breggs was 18 when he was killed on September 20, 2014, in the 8700 block of Hillside Street in East Oakland. He was sitting in a car when someone fired at him; he was struck nine times and later died at a hospital. Prosecutors said the shooting grew out of a long-standing personal dispute between Breggs and James Bowen.

Investigators say Bowen fired 13 shots with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol fitted with a 17-round magazine. Bowen was arrested near Lake Merritt, convicted of first-degree murder in December 2016 after less than a day of jury deliberations, and sentenced to a term that begins at 50 years to life. Kevin Lee McCullom was charged with providing the firearm; both men faced felon-in-possession counts.

The city also sued the owners of the Hillside Apartments where the shooting occurred, alleging the complex had become a base for gang activity and failed to keep tenants safe; the owners later agreed to security and living-condition improvements. Did anyone in the community know Breggs or have information about the events that led to that shooting?