On August 27, 2024, William Robinson, a 27-year-old Oakland High School graduate, was fatally shot while working in East Oakland. Robinson was known for selling cell phone services to low-income customers from a tent in a busy parking lot on International Boulevard. The shooting occurred in broad daylight near a mural that reads "Heal Oakland," behind a Dollar Store.
Witnesses reported hearing rapid gunfire, with some estimating around 25 shots fired. City Councilman Noel Gallo, who ar
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