Oakland Artist Murdered While Painting Anti-Violence Mural

27-year-old Antonio Ramos was doing community service, intending to reshape one of the most violent parts of Oakland with a new mural. The effort was meant to highlight the city's soaring crime rate and encourage peace.

However, others in the city saw it differently.

Ramos was killed one morning under a highway overpass. He was part of the project working on the mural with the Attitudinal Healing Connection, a group meant to reduce violence.

The shooting meant that a group painting session including schoolchildren had to be canceled. Oakland has one of the highest rates of murder in the country.

The story was reported by the InsideBayArea News.

Photo credit: D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group