Crime & Safety

Funeral Services for Dublin High Grad Murdered in Oakland

Services will be held in Oakland on March 18 at 2 p.m. to honor the life of 24-year-old Jacob Velasquez

Family and friends are mourning the loss of Jacob Velasquez, 24, who died after he was shot in Oakland on March 5.

Velasquez attended Wells Middle School and was a graduate of Dublin High school.

[Related article: Dublin High Graduate Shot, Killed in Oakland]

According to the Mercury NewsVelasquez played baseball and football while at Dublin High and had been working as a security guard at a hospital at the time of his death. 

Amy Wolfish, a former schoolmate of Velasquez, calls his death a tragedy and says he was "so loved."

Services for Velasquez will be held in Oakland on March 18 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Chimes located at 4499 Piedmont Ave. 

Alannah Gutierrez, a friend of the Velasquez family, told Patch, "We are asking that everyone come dressed in yellow and white as those are Jacob's favorite colors."

Gutierrez says a fundraiser for Velasquez' family is being held on March 17 at Gallagher's Dublin Pub.


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