On June 17, 2023, at about 3:00 AM, 21-year-old Santos Pablo-Ramirez was fatally shot in the 2100 block of 39th Avenue in Oakland, California. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation and found Pablo-Ramirez with a gunshot wound; he died before reaching the hospital despite medical attention.

Oakland Police Department detectives identified 38-year-old Oakland resident Jose Estrada-Avalos as the primary suspect and arrested him in Oakland on June 19, 2023, at about 5:30 PM. Estrada-Avalos was charged with Pablo-Ramirez’s murder and booked into custody. No motive or additional suspects have been disclosed.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Santos’s final hours or movements that night, please share what is known with investigators.