On April 23, the city of Oakland held a press conference, attended by Mayor Jean Quan, Chief of Police Howard Jordan and City Administrator Deanna Santana, announcing new reforms in crowd control policy by the Oakland Police Department.

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Skyline High School senior Alan Blueford was just weeks away from graduating Skyline High School.

Instead, his family is preparing for a funeral and searching for answers.

Blueford died after being shot by an Oakland police officer on May 5. According to police, Blueford pointed a gun at officers after he ran when they ordered him to stop.

Many in Oakland turned out for a march this Saturday, May 12, to protest the lack of police training and accountability around the death of slain youth Alan Blueford - a high school senior who was shot and killed by the Oakland police on May 6. Blueford was killed at 90th and Birch Street in East Oakland when he fled from police.

If you are following the outcry around the police shooting and death of an Oakland high school senior named Adam Blueford, you're probably getting most of your information from social media.  Organizers rallying around the family, Occupy activists, local media and people who knew Blueford and/or his family have been sharing views and information via YouTube, Facebook,  and Twitter.