On the night of August 22, 2024, at about 10:30 p.m., 38-year-old Antwon Benson was fatally shot while standing with a group of people in the 7900 block of Ney Avenue in East Oakland. An unidentified assailant opened fire, possibly from a moving vehicle, also wounding two others who later went to a nearby hospital; a fourth person was grazed by bullet fragments but avoided serious injury because a leather jacket deflected the fragments. Benson was visiting friends when he was killed.

Benson was a father of two and had worked at the Berkeley Recycling Center for more than a decade. His family and community observed a memorial service in early September where his father spoke; Benson’s union organized a GoFundMe to help his surviving wife and children. The Oakland Police Department has not announced any arrests or identified suspects and continues to investigate.

Does anyone who was in the Ney Avenue area that night or who knew Antwon have information that could help the investigation?