On February 1, 2014, 35-year-old Kanem Ayers was shot and killed in West Oakland near the Boys and Girls Club on the 900 block of 24th Street. Ayers and another person were standing outside when an unknown assailant approached and opened fire, leaving Ayers dead. The motive is unclear and no suspects have been identified.

Ayers had prior contacts with law enforcement, including arrests for parole violations, but there is no direct evidence tying his past legal history to the killing. The case remains unsolved amid broader patterns of gun violence in Oakland; 2014 saw 80 homicides and many investigations hampered by limited witness cooperation in neighborhoods affected by retaliation fears.

Did anyone in West Oakland at the time see or hear anything that could help bring closure in this case?