Jose Rocha-Hernandez was an 18-year-old Oakland resident who was shot and killed in East Oakland late on the night of December 18, 2010. His death was one of 94 homicides in Oakland that year, a period when the city struggled with high levels of gun violence and gang activity.

Initial investigations by the Oakland Police Department produced no immediate leads; no suspects have been identified and the motive remains unclear. The case remains unsolved, a reflection of the low homicide clearance rate in Oakland in the early 2010s amid staffing and management challenges at the police department.

Local faith and community groups, including St. Columba Catholic Church, held memorials where white wooden crosses bearing victims’ names were displayed to honor Rocha-Hernandez and others killed that year. If anyone knew Jose Rocha-Hernandez or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.