Dontay Lane, a 33-year-old Oakland resident, was shot and killed on March 9, 2010. His death was one of 94 homicides recorded in Oakland that year and was acknowledged at a year-end memorial at St. Columba Catholic Church, where a white wooden cross represented each victim. Families, community members, religious leaders, and city officials attended the ceremony, which emphasized the personal loss each death represented and the broader challenge of ongoing gun violence in the city.

Speakers at the memorial stressed efforts to mentor and support at-risk youth as a path toward preventing future tragedies. Despite the public remembrance and community attention, the circumstances of Dontay Lane’s homicide remain largely unsolved, reflecting investigative challenges cited for many cases from that period. If anyone knew Dontay, or has information about the shooting on March 9, 2010, please come forward.