Antonio Carr was 30 when he was shot and killed near his Oakland home on October 2, 2009. Multiple gunmen in a vehicle approached him on Sunnyside Street in East Oakland and opened fire; Carr was struck several times and survived about 26 minutes before dying in the presence of family, including his mother who held him at the end.

Carr’s murder remains unsolved. It occurred during a particularly violent year for the city, which recorded 104 homicides in 2009, with most shootings concentrated in parts of East and West Oakland and driven in large part by gang activity and the ready availability of illegal firearms. Local intervention efforts such as the Ceasefire program have been tried, but funding interruptions and community distrust have limited their impact.

Does anyone who lived in East Oakland in 2009 remember seeing or hearing about the shooting on Sunnyside Street or have information that could help explain what happened that night?