Fifteen-year-old Derrick Mixon was fatally shot multiple times on the evening of July 12, 2008, about a block from his family’s home in East Oakland, California. He was a student at Castlemont Business and Information Technology School. No suspects were publicly identified and no arrests were reported in connection with his killing.

Derrick was a cousin of Lovelle Mixon, who later killed four Oakland police officers on March 21, 2009, before being killed in a shootout with police. The Mixon family had suffered other violence as well: in 2002 Enjoli Mixon, Lovelle’s sister, lost her right eye in a shooting that also claimed the life of a friend. The Derrick Mixon case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Derrick, saw him on July 12, 2008, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.