Kraig Xavier Beal, 21, died in Oakland, California on April 22, 2023. Born January 14, 2002, in Oakland, he attended Vaca Pena Middle School and graduated from Skyline High School. Kraig wanted to work in the culinary arts and is remembered by family and friends for his humor and loving nature as a son, brother, grandson, godson, cousin, and friend.

Public information notes Kraig had multiple prior encounters with law enforcement: an Oakland Police Department arrest in January 2021 on charges including robbery, carjacking, assault with a firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle; and further charges in April 2021 including carjacking, battery on a peace officer or emergency personnel, receiving or concealing stolen property, possession and carrying of firearms and an assault weapon. Specific circumstances of his death have not been publicly disclosed and no arrests or suspects have been reported.

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