Daesjhon Grayson, a 30-year-old Black/African American man, was shot and killed in Oakland on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2025. Officers were called just before midnight to the 600 block of 16th Street near Jefferson Street in the Uptown area, where they found him with a fatal gunshot wound; he died at the scene. The killing occurred roughly ten minutes before midnight and came amid a violent 24-hour stretch downtown that included other shootings earlier that day and a predawn attack near the Fox Theater.

Police publicly identified the victim weeks later as Daesjhon Grayson. In mid-August, court filings show 25-year-old Zairy Rubio was charged with murder in the May 11 shooting, and a second person was charged with a related count for allegedly falsely claiming to be the victim of an auto theft in an apparent attempt to cover up the crime. As of those filings, the case centered on the charges and the investigative record; no convictions were reported in those documents.

Are there witnesses or others who remember seeing activity around 16th and Jefferson on the night of May 11 who can help fill gaps in the timeline?