Xzavier Johnson was 26 and a Stockton resident when he was fatally shot on July 5, 2014, in East Oakland. The shooting happened near High Street and Lyon Avenue, close to Brookdale Park, at about 10:20 a.m. Johnson was found with multiple gunshot wounds near 27th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses reported an argument between Johnson and 20-year-old Oakland resident Lamar Shaw. According to those accounts Shaw armed himself with a black semi-automatic firearm and fired five or six times. Police later recovered a Beretta .40-caliber handgun from Shaw’s apartment that was believed to be the murder weapon. Shaw turned himself in the morning after the shooting and was charged with first-degree murder; he admitted to shooting Johnson but said he acted in self-defense while prosecutors argued Johnson did not threaten him. The court found Shaw guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to 50 years to life in state prison.

If anyone knew Xzavier, saw him in East Oakland that morning, or has information about the argument, please share what you know.