Harold Scoggins, 20, was fatally shot on August 1, 2011, on the 8200 block of Dowling Street in East Oakland. His death occurred during a sharp rise in Oakland homicides that year; the city recorded 103 killings in 2011, with most concentrated in East and West Oakland and disproportionately affecting young Black males.

Oakland’s 2011 homicide clearance rate was low — roughly 23 of 103 cases solved — leaving many families without resolution. Scoggins’ killing is described as part of those broader patterns tied to longstanding social and economic challenges in the neighborhoods most affected. Community leaders and officials were urging more police resources, social services, and economic opportunities as strategies to address the violence, but progress remained uneven.

If anyone knew Harold Scoggins or has information about the shooting on Dowling Street, please share what is known.