Frank Hardwell, 34, was shot and killed on October 27, 2011, on the 2500 block of 109th Avenue in East Oakland. His death was recorded among the 104 homicides counted in Oakland for 2011, a year that saw an increase in killings and over 100 homicides citywide.

East and West Oakland experienced many of the city’s homicides that year, and the Oakland Police Department reported a low clearance rate amid staffing shortages and limited community cooperation; in 2011 only 23 of 103 reported homicides were listed as solved. The broader context noted economic inequality and social disinvestment as persistent problems affecting public safety in the neighborhoods where Hardwell was killed.

If anyone knew Frank Hardwell or has information about the shooting on 109th Avenue on October 27, 2011, please come forward.