On November 21, 2023, at about 11:30 PM officers from the Oakland Police Department responded to a shooting in the 6900 block of Bancroft Avenue in East Oakland. They found 39-year-old Johnny James Johnson Jr. seated in a vehicle with gunshot wounds. Despite medical aid from OPD and Oakland Fire Department personnel, Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene.

OPD investigators identified 42-year-old James Wheeler, an Oakland resident, as the primary suspect and arrested him on November 24, 2023. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office filed charges related to Johnson’s homicide. OPD asked the community to provide any additional information and provided contacts for the Homicide Section and a tip line.

Does anyone in the area have information about events that night or saw activity on Bancroft Avenue around 11:30 PM on November 21?