OAKLAND — A 33-year-old man introduced his mortally wounded cousin to a hospital, however police say he made an important mistake.
When he arrived at an emergency room along with his cousin, Jashawndre Upshaw was sporting the identical actual outfit as a person who had tried to rob somebody close to a nightclub in Oakland, based on police. The theft sufferer reportedly had a gun and shot one among his assailants, recognized as Roosevelt Jones.
Jones, additionally 33, died from his accidents at a hospital, a bit after midnight on April 19. Upshaw is now being charged with murdering his cousin, below a authorized idea that can search to carry him responsible for the actions of the alleged theft sufferer. Upshaw has additionally been charged with tried theft and gun possession by a felon, courtroom data present.
Police allege that shortly after midnight on April 19, the 2 Oakland males approached a Richmond resident on the five hundred block of 18th Road in Uptown Oakland, and tried to rob him for a diamond necklace. When Jones allegedly threw the would-be theft sufferer onto the pavement, he responded by pulling out a gun and capturing Jones a number of instances.
Upshaw, additionally allegedly armed on the time, rushed his cousin to an emergency room, however advised police he had solely heard the capturing, and didn’t know why his cousin had been wounded. Upshaw claimed he was a block away on the time, close to a nightclub at Telegraph Avenue and seventeenth Road, authorities stated.
His story was belied by surveillance footage from the world, displaying the second armed robber alongside Jones in the identical outfit Upshaw wore on the hospital, authorities stated. Police additionally spoke to 2 witnesses, each coincidentally — or purportedly — named after in style cognacs. They gave restricted or evasive solutions in regards to the capturing.
Nobody else was struck by gunfire, however a parked automotive belonging to the nightclub’s DJ was struck by gunfire, police stated.
Police arrested Upshaw on April 21, on the 2900 block of Brookdale Avenue in East Oakland, and he has been in jail with out bail ever since. He’s set to be arraigned Wednesday morning, courtroom data present.
Upshaw has a 2017 theft conviction, and has been convicted of gun possession earlier than, based on the legal grievance.
Initially Printed: Might 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM PDT
