Adrian D. Pettaway, 34, of Fairburn, Georgia, was shot and killed on October 6, 2015, while visiting Oakland, California. The shooting happened in Oakland’s East Lake District near the 1900 block of 5th Avenue. Pettaway was discovered in his rental car; investigators have not identified a motive and no suspects have been announced. His family — including a wife and son — were left devastated and uncertain why he was in Oakland or why he became the target of lethal violence. Little else is publicly known about the circumstances leading up to the shooting.

If anyone was in the East Lake area near 5th Avenue on October 6, 2015, or has information about Adrian Pettaway’s activities in Oakland, please come forward.