Richard Dejion Livingston III, 20, was fatally shot on January 16, 2015, in East Oakland in what was described as a double homicide. He and his girlfriend, Alexis Randolph, 19, were killed just after noon in the 500 block of 105th Avenue and were pronounced dead at the scene. No suspects were apprehended immediately, and the motive was not disclosed.

The shootings occurred amid a day of multiple shootings across Oakland; nearby Stonehurst Elementary and James Madison Middle School were briefly locked down while police searched the area. Richard’s father, Richard Livingston Jr., learned of his son’s death from family members rather than directly from police and encountered repeated barriers obtaining information, being denied entry at the county morgue and receiving official confirmation only after going to the police station. Months later the family’s contact with investigators waned and the case was later designated cold without direct notice to the family.

Richard was a father to a one-and-a-half-year-old son. The family says the loss has been devastating emotionally and financially, and highlights concerns about the police department’s handling of homicides involving Black victims. Does anyone have information about this shooting or recall the events in East Oakland that day?