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No one, including investigators, knows why, but one of the two men in the late-model four-door silver sedan shot Nakano before the car sped away. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"We're still trying to determine the motive for this senseless killing," said Oakland police Officer Eric Milina, the lead investigator on the case.
Nakano's uncle, Troy Aquino, plastered the area with fliers offering a $5,000 reward the day after the slaying. Crime Stoppers of Oakland is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects and another $16,000 has been donated through the website gofundme.com after Aquino set up the online reward fund.
"To his moms, he was an only child whom they loved dearly ..." Aquino wrote on the fundraising website. "To his relatives, he was always a source of fun. Easy to get along with and great to have around. Sometimes the butt of the jokes or the one dishing it out."
He radiated compassion and joy of life, said Kevin McCarthy, who met Nakano at Sacred Heart Preparatory High School in Atherton in 2004. "He taught me that there's no better person in the world than who you are in your heart and who you are when no one is looking."
Nakano earned a degree in sociology from the University of Oregon last year and had worked with his mother's partner, Jean Aquino, at a worldwide logistics company.
At the memorial service Tuesday, she recalled one of their last conversations.
"I'm happy Jean, I'm happy. Are you happy?" Nakano asked her. "I'm blessed," he replied to himself. "I'm blessed."
"You guys made him happy," Jean Aquino told mourners, choking back her own tears. "Family made him happy."
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Oakland Police at 510-238-3821 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572. To donate to the reward fund, go to http://www.gofundme.com/39z06g.
Reward of $35,000 (All tips will remain confidential!)
ReplyDeleteJustice for Aya Nakano!
To the community, please help us apprehend these criminals. Follow-up & keep Aya's story alive! The criminals cannot be left out on the streets prowling on innocent victims!
Summary of incident:
WHEN: June 12, 2013 at approximately 10:57 PM
WHERE: 5800 block of Market Street corner of Stanford Ave. Oakland, CA (facing southbound in the vicinity of Trung Hand Car Wash & ASA Liquor Store)
Aya was driving back to his home from the Cal Rec Center, when his silver Jeep Cherokee was rear-ended by the suspect vehicle driven by 2 occupants. The occupants in the sedan fatally shot Aya.
The suspect vehicle is described as a newer, silver 4-door sedan with a possible front-end damage.
There is a $35,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Please call:
CRIME STOPPERS 1800-222-TIPS
(510)777-8572
Oakland PD Homicide (510)238-3821
E-mail: oaklandhomicide@oaklandnet.com