This site displays photos of makeshift memorials that spontaneously arise after individuals are killed by violence in Oakland. Each site of a killing is photographed whether or not a memorial is found there....

Monday, December 31, 2007

Bobby Jones, #126

Bobby Jones, 50
Killed 12/30/07 6:44 pm
800 block of 37th St
Gun

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Ramon Stevens, #125

Ramon Stevens, 42
Killed 12/30/07 11:51 am
86th Av & International
Gun

Robert H. Benjamin Jr., #124

Robert H. Benjamin Jr., 25
Killed 12/30/07 2:00 am

300 block of 14th St
Gun

Marcus McCall, #123

Marcus McCall, 26
Killed 12/29/3 11:12 pm
1300 block of 7th St
Gun

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Rigoberto Aleman, #122

Rigoberto Aleman, 32
Killed 12/26/07 10 pm
4400 block of Jensen St
Vehicular

Demoria Spikes, #121

Demoria Spikes, 33
Killed 12/26/07 8 pm
1000 block of 55th St
Gun

Byron Winston, #120

Byron Winston, 20
Killed 12/25/07 5:35 pm
2300 block of Market St
Gun

Valvatin Villa, #119

Valvatin Villa, 26
Killed 12/21/07 1:32 am
Ritchie St & Bancroft Av
Gun

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Steven Anthony Jones, #118

Steven Anthony Jones, 47
Killed 12/19/07 5 pm
4700 block of Ygnacio Av
Gun

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Julian Boykins, #117

Julian Boykins, 16
Killed 12/15/07 3:15 am
2700 block of Harold St
Gun

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Leon Cooper, #116

Leon Cooper, 26
Killed 12/10/07 4 pm
600 block of 14th St
Gun

Friday, December 7, 2007

Carl D. Williams, #115

Carl D. Williams, 19
Killed 12/6/07 8:44 pm
9600 block of Sunnyside St
Gun

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Ernest Jerez, #114


Ernest Jerez, 28
Killed 12/3/07 10:40 pm
1400 block of 48th Av
Gun








Thursday, November 29, 2007

Charles Johnson Jr., #113


Charles Johnson Jr., 29
Killed 11/28/07
9:25 am
600 block of 25th St
Gun



Saturday, November 10, 2007

Unknown male #112

Unknown male
Killed 11/9/07 11:50 pm
Fruitvale Ave & International Blvd
Assault

Anthony Q. Jones, #111

Anthony Q. Jones, 43
Killed 11/9/07 11:15 pm
8600 block of Seneca St
Stabbing

Friday, November 2, 2007

Roosevelt Gaither, #110

Roosevelt Gaither, 30
Killed 11/1/07 9:27 pm
2600 block of 68th Av
Gun

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Billy Ray Taylor Jr., #109


Billy Ray Taylor Jr., 24
Killed 10/31/07 9 pm
1100 block of 8th St
Gun








Monday, October 29, 2007

Cipriano Calmo, #108


Cipriano Calmo, 22
Killed 10/28/07 6:50 pm
3300 block of International Blvd
Stabbing



Monday, October 15, 2007

Greg Ballard Jr., #107


Greg Ballard Jr., 17
Killed 10/13/07 8:10 pm
9200 block of Sunnyside St
Gun



Wednesday, October 3, 2007

DeJohn L. Wade, #106

DeJohn L. Wade, 17
Shot 9/28/07 (died 10/2/07)
98th & Bancroft Av
Gun

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Bruce Jones, #105

Bruce Jones, 19
Killed 9/29/07 11:15 am
8th & Myrtle St
Gun

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Shadondee A. Williams, #104


Shadondee A. Williams, 24
Killed 9/25/07 9:50 pm
33rd St & MLK Jr Way
Gun




Monday, September 24, 2007

Jesse A. McKissick, #103


Jesse A. McKissick, 20
Killed 9/23/07 8:10 pm
1500 block of 27th Av
Gun




Sunday, September 23, 2007

Mauricio Merino, #102


Mauricio Merino, 31
Killed 9/22/07 1:10 am
9th & Pine St
Gun



Carlos Juarez, #101

Carlos Juarez, 17
Shot 7/21/07 7:25 pm (died 9/21/07)
200 block of 27th St
Gun

Gary W. King, #100


Gary W. King, 20
Killed 9/20/07 4:45 pm
5300 block of MLK Jr. Way

Gun






Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Willie D. Tatmon III, #99


Willie D. Tatmon III, 22
Killed 9/17/07 5:23 pm
3131 Union St
Gun




I happen to be good friends with this victim's aunt. When I visited this site, one of his relatives pointed: "That's where he tried to run out of. That's his shirt right there"...

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Charles Brackins Jr., #98

Charles Brackins Jr., 33
Killed 9/16/07 1:43 am
1800 block of 14th Av
Gun

Amanda Pierre, #97


Amanda Pierre, 89
Killed 9/14/07 1:00 am
710 24th St
Assault/Stabbing