A week before BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle stood over him and shot him in the back execution style, Oscar Grant celebrated Christmas with his loving family, Sophina Mesa and their daughter, Tatiana Grant. – Photo courtesy of Law Offices of John Burris
May 17, 2009
This undated family photo provided by the Law Offices of John Burris shows Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old transit rider who was shot and killed by BART police on New Year’s Day, 2009. With Grant is his girlfriend Sophina Mesa and their unidentified daughter. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by the Law Offices of John Burris) ** NO SALES **