Reward offered in road rage killing of Oakland mother of four
Police have offered a $30,000 reward in the case of an Oakland mother of four who was gunned down in a road rage incident after leaving a grocery store.
Oakland police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are seeking the public’s help with finding 30-year-old Perla Avina’s killer.
Avina leaves behind her husband, three daughters and a son.
She was sitting in the passenger seat of black Toyota Camry just after 12:30 p.m. Sunday while her husband was driving in the 600 block of 98th Avenue, according to the Oakland Police Department.
KTVU reported the couple was heading home after a grocery run when at some point there was a confrontation with the shooter.
The public has already donated more than $32,000 to a gofundme page created to help her family pay for the funeral.
Anyone with details about the case is urged to call the Police Department’s Homicide Division at (510) 238-3821, or Crime Stoppers of Oakland at (510) 777-8572.
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