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Roderick Travon Godfrey, a 2016 McClymonds High School graduate, spoke about the fears he faced as a young man of color at the town hall meeting in January. Godfrey and another youth panelist from McClymonds High School in West Oakland said that between them they had lost 20 people to gun violence in the past year.

He had a hard time talking about how gun violence impacted his community, according to a report from Oakland Voices. The teen broke down and could not continue talking about the topic.

On Monday, Godfrey faced his worst fear.

Godfrey and Deante Miller were shot to death around 10:11 a.m. in the 700 block of 39th Street in North Oakland. Miller was his friend, who was also 19 and of Oakland.

Friends and family have posted several messages and shared photos of the victims on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter since they died Monday. The victims grew up together in West Oakland and went to McClymonds High School. Godfrey went by Travon and Tra and Miller PeakABoo.

Lee, D-Oakland, released a statement Tuesday responding to Godfrey’s death, noting that he “shared the painful impact that gun violence had in his life” at her town hall.

Godfrey “lost his life to the senseless violence he was working to prevent,” Lee said. “It’s a disgrace that Congress has done nothing on commonsense gun reform. My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Travon during this difficult time.”

City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney, who was also a panelist at the January town hall meeting, called on anyone with information about the shooter or shooters to contact police. She said officials “got to get guns off the street.”

“My heart is broken,” McElhaney said Tuesday. “There’s a lot of grief. My message to all our young men is we want you to be alive and we want you to be free.”

Police have not determined a motive yet and no arrests have been made.

Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the shooter. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.

Staff writer David DeBolt and Oakland Voices correspondent Rosalinda Hernandez contributed to this report.