Najon Jackson was 16 when he was shot and killed just before midnight on July 30, 2011, on the 9300 block of Sunnyside Street in East Oakland. His death came during a particularly violent weekend for the city that included multiple homicides in different neighborhoods.

The killing was made more tragic by its proximity to an earlier loss in the same family: Najon’s older brother, Nario Jackson, had been shot and killed in Oakland less than a year earlier. Details about the circumstances of Najon’s shooting remain unclear, and it is one of several cases from that period reflecting the impact of gun violence on young people in the city.

Anyone who knew Najon, his movements that night, or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.