On the evening of December 30, 2011, 5-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. was shot and killed while playing near his father’s taco truck at the corner of International Boulevard and 55th Avenue in East Oakland. Gabriel Sr. was working at the taco truck when two unknown gunmen approached and opened fire, fatally wounding the child. Authorities believed the shooting was random and not connected to any family conflict. Gabriel was the third young child killed by gunfire in Oakland within five months, a grim sign of mounting violence in parts of the city.

The community response included vigils, public expressions of grief and calls from local leaders to address the violence. Oakland police offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, but the suspects have not been identified and the case remains unsolved. Does anyone have information about that night or recall seeing suspicious activity near International Boulevard and 55th Avenue on December 30, 2011?