Kenneth Ray Smith III, aged 47, was killed on December 16, 2017, in Oakland, California. His death was part of the ongoing violence in the city, which recorded a total of 72 homicides that year. Smith's death occurred near the end of a year marked by a slight decrease in Oakland's overall homicide rate, which city officials attributed to efforts by programs like Operation Ceasefire that aimed to reduce gun violence. Kenneth Smith was remembered in the community, and a memorial was set up in his
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