OAKLAND — The capturing loss of life of a 15-year-old boy Monday afternoon as he walked to soccer apply he attended was a “cruel act of violence” acted out in a “cowardly” manner, in keeping with a message on a fundraising website that had collected greater than $40,000 by Wednesday afternoon.
Derbing Jose Alvarado Gonzalez, a pupil at Cristo Rey De La Salle Excessive, died at a hospital following the hail of gunfire simply after 4:15 p.m. within the 1400 block of a hundredth Avenue, police mentioned. Police recognized him Wednesday.
A message in Spanish and English from buddies and endorsed by the household on the fundraising website recognized him as Derbing Alvarado.
The grieving neighborhood left behind additionally organized a stroll for Friday to name an finish to the violence that ended his life.
“The life of this beautiful angel was taken in a cowardly manner in an attempted robbery,” the fundraising message, in Spanish and translated to English, learn on the location. “We are asking for the cooperation of our community and friends to help his parents in this difficult time.”
As of midday Wednesday, the fundraiser had generated $40,375.
Police haven’t introduced any arrests, launched any suspect data or mentioned what the motive for the capturing could also be.
“He was a 15-year-old teenager with a life ahead of him who saw his life cut short by a cruel act of violence in our community of Oakland,” the fundraising assertion learn.
Based on authorities, Derbing was strolling with a number of different folks to a soccer apply not affiliated with the varsity when two folks got here as much as him and demanded some private gadgets from his backpack. In some unspecified time in the future within the interplay, gunfire rang out, mortally wounding him.
Mates have advised police that the teenager was a form, well mannered child who didn’t have any identified conflicts with folks.
When the household visited police headquarters Wednesday, they advised authorities that Derbing beloved soccer, needed to be a police officer and was a very good child who preferred sticking up for his buddies. He had a youthful sister and was going to show 16 subsequent month.
“He was the best son anybody could ever have,” the household advised police. “He was the best example for his sister.”
At his former faculty, officers mentioned additional counselors could be obtainable to supply one-on-one counseling, religious steering, prayer area, grief workshops and different therapeutic workouts.
“First and foremost, we want to respect the family’s privacy, space and grief,” Cristo Rey De La Salle Excessive officers wrote in a press release posted on the varsity’s website online. “No parent should have to deal with such a devastating tragedy. We are here to support them on their terms and their timeline. We urge those concerned to join us in this: to hold people when they are hurting.”
A bunch referred to as Religion in Motion additionally organized a stroll Friday night time within the teen’s honor. The “Ceasefire Night Walk” will occur at 6 p.m. starting on the St. Louis Bertrand Parish at 1410 a hundredth Ave.
The murder was the twenty second killing investigated by Oakland police this 12 months. A 12 months in the past presently, that they had investigated 16.
Initially Printed: March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM PDT
