Bryn Walker founders found dead outside their Oakland Hills home

Bryan Walker, 61, and Michelle Min, 63, who built the Berkeley-born women’s fashion label, were found with gunshot wounds on Oct. 2. Police have not ruled out a murder-suicide.

Ally Daily Editorial DeskOctober 07, 2026, 11:39 AMUpdated: October 07, 2026, 12:18 PM

Bryn Walker founders found dead outside their Oakland Hills home

Bryan Walker and Michelle Min, the husband-and-wife founders of California women’s clothing brand Bryn Walker, were found dead with gunshot wounds outside their home in the Panoramic Hill area of the Oakland Hills, near the University of California, Berkeley, on Oct. 2. Walker was 61 and Min was 63.

The Oakland Police Department, which is leading the investigation, said a firearm was recovered at the scene. Police said they “have not ruled out a murder-suicide” and “are not looking for additional suspects.” The case remains under investigation.

The Panoramic Hill area where the couple lived

Family describes financial losses

Paul Min, Michelle Min’s brother, told the Los Angeles Times that Walker had recently lost millions of dollars through risky financial decisions and had become increasingly depressed, adding that concerns about him had escalated in the days before the shooting.

From a Berkeley shop to 1,000 boutiques

A street on Panoramic Hill

Bryn Walker began in 1992 as a small retail store in Berkeley and grew into a nationally distributed women’s clothing label. The company operates six stores of its own and sells through roughly 1,000 boutiques across the United States.

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