Robert M. Fisher, a 33-year-old white male from San Francisco, was tragically killed on January 27, 1999, during a drive-by shooting in East Oakland, California. The incident occurred on Bancroft Avenue, where Fisher was among three men targeted; he was the only fatality in that attack. The assailant, Mervin Ray Hughes, was responsible for a series of shootings in the area during that period.
Mervin Ray Hughes, born on January 27, 1969, had a criminal history that included a 1986 conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Jesse Clarence Dunlap. In January 1999, Hughes embarked on a shooting spree in East Oakland, resulting in multiple victims, including the deaths of Terry Love, a 20-year-old male from Oakland, and Robert M. Fisher. Hughes was apprehended on January 30, 1999, and subsequently charged with multiple offenses, including two counts of murder.
During his trial, Hughes pleaded not guilty to the charges. In 2005, he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Terry Love and Robert M. Fisher. Hughes remains on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
