Tony Jerome Norman, 67, a Black/African American man, was walking home from the BART station in West Oakland on the evening of August 27, 2025, when gunfire erupted between two cars near the intersection of 17th and Brush streets. Loved ones said the longtime hospital security guard was simply crossing the street when he was struck, and first responders pronounced him dead at the scene just before 5 p.m.
Police later publicly identified the victim as 67-year-old Tony Norman and asked witnesses to come forward as detectives canvassed the area by Marston Campbell Park.
Family members described Tony Jerome Norman, 67, as a hardworking security professional—most recently a Kaiser Permanente security guard and, over the years, a guard at single-room-occupancy hotels in San Francisco—who “never made it home that night.” Their account, shared with local reporters and on a verified family fundraiser, emphasized that Tony Jerome Norman, 67, was an innocent passerby caught in crossfire unrelated to him or his actions.
In the weeks after the killing, Alameda County prosecutors charged 19-year-old Jeremiah Crawford with the murder of Tony Norman, 67. Court filings cited by local news state the shooting happened near 17th and Brush streets and that Tony Norman, 67, was hit during gunfire between two vehicles as he walked home from BART. Officials did not immediately disclose whether the accused had legal counsel, and investigators did not describe any additional suspects when announcing the charge.
Early coverage on the night of the shooting noted multiple ShotSpotter activations on the 700 block of 17th Street and confirmed that Tony Norman, 67, died at the scene while police secured the roadway and gathered surveillance leads. Subsequent reporting reiterated that the homicide investigation remained active even after the charging announcement, with detectives continuing to seek evidence and witness accounts to clarify the full sequence of events.
