Overview

• The shooting erupted at 12:30 a.m. on July 5 during Tim Conover’s Fourth of July gathering in the 800 block of 41st Street in North Oakland after a guest declined to leave.
• Conover’s family says he offered the intoxicated visitor a place to sleep before stepping outside to bid other guests farewell.
• The guest, identified as Dwane Stewart, allegedly retrieved Conover’s handgun and shot the 37-year-old host multiple times, killing him at the scene.
• Stewart was arrested on suspicion of murder the following evening and remains held without bail at Santa Rita Jail pending court proceedings.
• Friends and relatives have launched a GoFundMe campaign to support Conover’s partner and two young children while honoring his legacy of generosity.