Kimarii McLemore, 25, was killed by gunfire at the Oakland Adult & Career Education Center on the morning of Friday, July 31, 2026. A carpentry student at the Parker Community Resource Center, she had been about to complete her course. Family members say she had been worried about a lingering dispute with a male classmate and texted her mother that morning after spotting a suspicious car in the campus parking lot.

Shortly before 9 a.m., ShotSpotter picked up gunfire on the 7900 block of MacArthur Boulevard. Officers found McLemore with at least one gunshot wound; paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. A second person was also shot and taken to hospital. The campus was locked down while the Homicide Division took over the investigation.

Oakland police described the shooting as very intentional and targeted. Investigators are exploring the classroom dispute as a possible motive, but no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced as of early August 2026. Did anyone on campus that morning notice the suspicious car or other unusual activity?