Deandre Walker, aged 23, was shot and killed on August 17, 2008, in a residential neighborhood near Mills College in Oakland, California. He was on his way to attend a memorial for a friend who had been slain two years prior when the incident occurred. Walker was remembered as a hardworking and focused young man who had taken on multiple jobs to support himself and was actively trying to lead a positive life.
His death shocked many, as he was not involved in the violent lifestyle often associated with such tragedies.
