Rodnelle Hampton was a 19-year-old from Oakland who was shot and killed on June 21, 2011, in East Oakland. His death was one of 110 homicides reported in Oakland that year during a spike in violent crime that disproportionately affected young Black males in the city.

The Oakland Police Department’s homicide clearance rate in 2011 was around 22 percent, a low figure attributed in that year to chronic understaffing and resource challenges; many homicides from 2011, including Hampton’s, remained unsolved, contributing to community frustration and mistrust of law enforcement. Hampton’s killing is presented as part of broader patterns of violence and socio-economic inequality in Oakland that community leaders were working to address.

Does anyone who knew Rodnelle or witnessed events in East Oakland around June 21, 2011 have information that could help clarify what happened?