"OAKLAND When he was just 3 years old, Stacy Tidwell IV's father was shot and killed in a parking lot behind his North Oakland home. At around 10 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2025, Tidwell suffered a similar fate. He was fatally shot by someone in a group of masked robbers, after police say Tidwell and his cousin were set up near Fremont High, about eight miles east from where Tidwell's dad was killed."
"Authorities are still investigating Tidwell's death, but last week they arrested a suspect, 18-year-old Marjee Lil Jae Martin, who has been charged with murder and two counts of second-degree robbery. Police say they're not sure who fired the fatal shot but found evidence that Martin put the plan in motion by arranging to meet the cousins in East Oakland for a purported opiate painkiller drug deal which he intended to be a robbery the entire time."
"Tidwell's cousin drove him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police later found text messages between Martin and Tidwell's cousin where they arranged to meet in the area, according to police. Martin was arrested in St. Louis and is being extradited to the Bay Area, authorities said. Just 16 months before his death, in August 2024, Tidwell was nearly killed in a shooting that occurred near 8th and Center streets in West Oakland."
Stacy Tidwell IV was fatally shot around 10 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2025, near Fremont High in East Oakland after being lured into a set-up presented as a drug sale. Masked robbers carried out the attack and investigators say evidence points to 18-year-old Marjee Lil Jae Martin as the person who arranged the meeting; Martin was arrested in St. Louis and charged with murder and two counts of second-degree robbery. Police say they are unsure who fired the fatal shot. Tidwell's cousin drove him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Tidwell had survived a severe shooting in August 2024, and photographs of his father remained prominent in the family home after his father's homicide when Tidwell was 3.
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