Derrick Jones was a 37-year-old barber and owner of Kwik Cuts Barbershop in East Oakland. On November 8, 2010, Oakland Police officers Omar Daza-Quiroz and Eriberto Perez-Angeles responded to a domestic dispute at a laundromat. Officers say Jones fled, ignored commands to stop, reached into his pocket during a foot chase, and held a shiny metal object; their Tasers failed to subdue him and they then shot him multiple times. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene and the object was later identified as a small metal scale.

The shooting drew major community outrage because Jones was the third unarmed person of color killed by Oakland police in 2010. The Alameda County District Attorney declined to file criminal charges, concluding the officers acted appropriately. Jones’s widow, Lanell Monique Jones, sued for $10 million alleging excessive force; a 2013 federal jury found the officers did not use unreasonable force after they testified they believed Jones was reaching for a gun. A separate suit by Jones’s parents and daughter resulted in a $225,000 settlement from the Oakland City Council.

Are there witnesses, neighbors, or anyone who knew Derrick or saw the events that night who can add details?