Reality Star Kash of "Real West Coast Baddies" Shot and Killed in Downtown Oakland
Reality star Mackayla "Kash" Paige, 29, of Real West Coast Baddies, was shot and killed in downtown Oakland early Sunday. Oakland police arrested a Richmond woman but have not released her name, charges, or a motive. It comes nine days after a security guard was killed outside a Baddies show at SF's Warfield.
A Bay Area reality star was shot and killed in downtown Oakland early Sunday. She was 29.
Mackayla Paige, known as Kash, died after a shooting on the 200 block of 14th Street, near 14th and Harrison, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11. Her family identified her to KTVU. She appeared on "Real West Coast Baddies," "RoomH8z" and "Young & Reckless."
Oakland police said officers found a 29-year-old woman with a gunshot wound. They tried lifesaving measures, and she was taken to a hospital, where she died. Police said she was from Richmond.
Police arrested a woman, also from Richmond, in connection with the shooting. They have not released her name, any charges, or a motive. Investigators have not said whether the two women knew each other. Detectives are "conducting a follow-up investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death," OPD said.
TMZ reported that Kash posted videos from a night out with friends on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, just hours before the shooting. Her cousin, Nicky Clayton, told KTVU the family is in disbelief and that Kash had big dreams of becoming famous and starting her own business. A memorial has gone up at the scene.
Social media posts have claimed the shooting was accidental. Police have not said that, and TrapHop has not confirmed it.
The killing comes nine days after security guard Ulysses "Bear" Davis was shot and killed outside a Baddies stage show at San Francisco's Warfield theater on Oct. 3. A suspect was arrested days later. The San Francisco Chronicle reported it was not immediately clear whether the two shootings are related.
Oakland police ask anyone with information to call the homicide section at 510-238-3821 or the tip line at 510-238-7950.
Rest in peace, Kash.
Sources: KTVU FOX 2 (Oct. 11-12, 2026); San Francisco Chronicle (Oct. 12, 2026); CBS San Francisco (Oct. 11, 2026); KRON4 (Oct. 11-12, 2026); TMZ (Oct. 12, 2026). Photo: via TMZ.