On April 23, 2023, at about 4:30 p.m., 18-year-old Sincere Martin was shot in the 900 block of Galvin Drive in El Cerrito, California. Emergency responders found Martin in the street and he was airlifted to a trauma center, where he later died. Witnesses reported a white, four-door Toyota fleeing the scene westbound on Stockton Avenue.

El Cerrito police, with help from the Oakland Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service, identified 21-year-old Malachi Cox of Oakland as a suspect. Cox was arrested May 3, 2023, in Citrus Heights and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility; he was held without bail and charged with Martin’s murder. Authorities have not released further details about motive or the circumstances of the shooting.

The arrest drew attention to gun violence in the East Bay and prompted calls for continued community efforts to address root causes. If anyone has information about Sincere Martin, the white Toyota seen leaving the scene, or the events on Galvin Drive that afternoon, please share what is known.