OAKLAND — The person arrested final week within the killing of Oakland rapper Too Quick’s brother has to this point averted costs in that case, however is dealing with weapons costs tied to a different killing simply days later in East Oakland.
Maijji Jackson, 33, has not been charged by Alameda County prosecutors within the Jan. 29 killing of Wayne Shaw, 61, regardless of being arrested him final week and booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of homicide and housebreaking. Shaw died throughout a botched housebreaking at an East Oakland marijuana develop constructing after a shootout between himself and the burglars, authorities mentioned.
However Jackson was charged this week with three weapons-related counts linked to a separate killing simply days later within the driveway of an East Oakland home. The fees embody possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of an assault weapon and possession of ammunition by a prohibited particular person, courtroom data present.
Jackson subsequently missed a Thursday courtroom date on these weapons costs, prompting Alameda County Decide Elena Condes to subject a $110,000 bench warrant for his arrest, in accordance with courtroom data. It was the identical day that Jackson posted $5,000 bail, in accordance with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Workplace.
In the latest killing, authorities say Darnell Harvey, 33, was fatally shot round 1:45 a.m. on Feb. 9 at a home on the 2500 block of 62nd Avenue. The taking pictures triggered close by digital gunshot detection programs, and when Oakland police arrived, they discovered Harvey affected by quite a few gunshot wounds. He died after being taken to a hospital.
Inside the home’s storage, investigators mentioned they discovered an AR-15-style pistol.
Jackson was arrested on Feb. 13 within the killing of Too Quick’s older brother, and whereas in custody on that case, he allegedly admitted proudly owning the AR-15-style pistol discovered on the web site of the second killing, in accordance with courtroom data.
On the time, Jackson had been on supervised launch in a voluntary manslaughter case from greater than a decade in the past, data present. He had initially been charged with homicide for the October 2009 deadly taking pictures of a 23-year-old man throughout a sideshow in East Oakland, however pleaded no contest to the lesser cost and obtained a seven-year jail sentence, in accordance with courtroom data. He has been accused of a number of parole violations since being launched from jail in 2017, the data present.
The Alameda County District Lawyer’s Workplace declined to discuss the choice to not file a homicide cost towards Jackson, saying in a press release that the workplace “does not comment on open cases being prosecuted in court.”
Shaw, who died within the January taking pictures, was the older brother of Todd Anthony Shaw — an Oakland rapper referred to as Too Quick who started his profession within the Nineteen Eighties promoting cassettes on the streets of Oakland. He finally struck it huge with “Born to Mack” in 1987 and “Life is… Too Short” the next yr — albums that have been licensed gold and twice-platinum, respectively.
Authorities mentioned they later discovered a telephone allegedly tied to Jackson on the floorboard of the car utilized by the shooter or shooters in Shaw’s loss of life.
Surveillance footage from that killing confirmed a passenger getting out of the automotive because it pulled as much as the marijuana develop home the place Shaw had been working that morning — after which the car rammed into the constructing’s storage door, authorities mentioned.
Shaw then stepped out of the constructing and a gun battle ensued, with Shaw firing on the car whereas the passenger concurrently fired at Shaw, authorities mentioned. Oakland police mentioned the shooter ran away, whereas the automotive — together with a second car that had been tagging alongside — sped off. The shooter’s car was later ditched a few block away, authorities mentioned. Police have mentioned they’re on the lookout for different suspects.
