Dymetrie Shaw

Dymetrie Shaw lived in Oakland and was known locally as a member of the West Oakland community. Public records and contemporary news reporting identify him as a 55‑year‑old resident of Oakland at the time of his death on November 28, 2016. Though the public record about his private life is limited, these facts confirm he was a real person with roots in the neighborhood.

Shaw’s life, like many who live in tightly knit urban communities, was lived among neighbors, family and friends in West Oakland. Reports place him in the 600 block of 32nd Street on the evening of November 28, 2016; he was pronounced dead after being shot while in a vehicle. Those facts mark a sudden and painful end, but they do not define the whole of who he was. He was a 55‑year‑old man whose presence in the neighborhood mattered to people who knew him; even where public details are sparse, it is important to remember that his life had value beyond the circumstances of his death.

Public coverage of the event also records that law enforcement later identified and charged a suspect in connection with the shooting; that legal trajectory is part of the official record but not the center of this remembrance. What remains most important for a memorial is to acknowledge Dymetrie Shaw as a person — a longtime Oakland resident, middle‑aged, and part of the fabric of West Oakland — rather than to let the violence become his primary identity in public memory.

Because no family‑published obituary or funeral notice matching his name and the exact date of death was located in reliable obituary sources, this page offers a respectful life‑centered remembrance based on the verified public record. If family members or close friends wish to provide additional memories, photographs, or biographical details (birth date, family relationships, work, interests), those contributions would help honor his life more fully and give visitors a fuller sense of who Dymetrie was beyond news accounts.