Officer Keith Stephen Konopasek, 32, was shot and killed on July 8, 1995, while working a traffic stop on the 1700 block of 82nd Avenue in Oakland, California. He had been with the Oakland Police Department for six months when an unrelated individual, Clarence Jones, fired a shot from an AK-47 rifle. The bullet went through Officer Konopasek’s vest, struck him, and he died about two hours after being taken to a local hospital.

Clarence Jones was charged with the murder of a police officer with a firearm. At trial Jones said the rifle had discharged accidentally when he slipped inside his home; the jury accepted that explanation and acquitted him. More than 1,000 law enforcement officers attended Konopasek’s memorial service. He is survived by his fiancée, his parents, and two sisters.

Are there readers who remember that day or who have information about the events on 82nd Avenue that evening?