Dejante Kennedy, 25 and from Pittsburg, California, was shot and killed on March 31, 2021, inside an apartment on the 4500 block of Appian Way in El Sobrante. He had been visiting his girlfriend at the apartment when her ex-boyfriend, identified as Pierre Jackson, broke into the unit through a window around 2:30 a.m. and confronted Kennedy.

According to court records, Jackson shot Kennedy multiple times while Kennedy begged for his life, then shot the woman multiple times as well. Neighbors and other witnesses identified Jackson as the shooter despite his attempt to conceal his face with a red bandana. Jackson had reportedly moved out of the apartment about six weeks earlier, and had been a suspect in a nonfatal shooting at the same complex in December 2020.

Jackson was arrested and charged in the case; trial testimony included a defense claim that he suffered uncontrollable rage. The jury deadlocked on the murder charge but convicted on attempted murder counts. What else is known about Dejante’s life or who might have information about that night?