Chaz Johnson-Wilcher was 21 when he was killed in Oakland, California, on September 9, 2011. The slaying took place in West Oakland, a neighborhood cited in 2011 for persistent gun violence and high homicide totals; Chaz was one of 110 homicide victims in the city that year.

His death is described as part of a broader pattern that disproportionately affected young men in Oakland during that period. The case remains among many unsolved incidents from that year, with investigators facing difficulties such as limited witness cooperation and stretched resources. Family and community mourned his loss alongside the many others taken by violence.

If anyone has information about Chaz Johnson-Wilcher’s killing or remembers events in West Oakland on or around September 9, 2011, please come forward.