On the evening of March 13, 2025, 24-year-old Kailie Reese Brannum of Oakland was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Motel 6 along Oakland’s Embarcadero. Police found her unconscious and not breathing shortly before 8:30 p.m.; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say the shooting arose from a domestic dispute between Kailie and a man she had been dating. Surveillance footage showed a suspect fleeing in a gray Honda Accord.

Around 2:40 a.m. on March 14, San Francisco police located that vehicle near Fisherman’s Wharf. Officers say the suspect rammed a patrol car, led police on a chase toward the Bay Bridge, abandoned the car and attempted to flee on foot before being apprehended; Oakland police later took him into custody in connection with Kailie’s death.

Kailie Brannum was born January 27, 2001. She was the second oldest and only daughter in her family, enjoyed softball and basketball as a youth, had recently earned a Certified Nursing Assistant license and was working at a skilled nursing facility. She was a devoted mother to two young children, son Elisha, who had just turned three, and daughter Kaiyah, who turned one in February 2025. Her family has set up a GoFundMe to help the children.

Did anyone in the Oakland or Fisherman’s Wharf area see the gray Honda Accord the night of March 13–14?