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Community mourns loss of Oakland artist, shot dead while painting a peace mural

By Melissa Batchelor Warnke | October 1, 2015 | 5
Guillermo Ortiz leads mourners in a traditional Aztec ceremony.

Around 200 people gathered at a vigil Wednesday morning to honor the life of Antonio Ramos. Ramos, a West Oakland-based artist employed by the nonprofit Attitudinal Healing Connection (AHC), was shot and killed Tuesday while working on a mural on West Street between 35th and 36th Streets, under the 580 freeway.

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