Baltazar Alcaraz, 38, was fatally shot on August 24, 2023, at about 2:45 a.m. at a homeless encampment under Interstate 580 near the 3400 block of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. The California Highway Patrol opened the investigation; early reports gave no information about suspects or motive, which heightened concern in the local community about violence affecting people experiencing homelessness.

On December 29, 2023, police attempted to apprehend a 35-year-old Oakland man identified as a suspect. He led San Leandro officers on a pursuit that ended in Oakland, crashed, fled on foot and was captured. Prosecutors did not immediately file homicide or manslaughter charges; on January 3, 2024, the suspect was charged with felony evading and possessing a stolen vehicle. The homicide investigation remains open and authorities have not said whether the suspect and Alcaraz knew one another.

Did anyone in the community know Baltazar Alcaraz or have information about the encampment that could help investigators?