OAKLAND — A 23-year-old man is dealing with a long time behind bars for taking pictures and significantly injuring one other man greater than 4 years in the past in Oakland, in line with prosecutors.
Camren Watts was discovered responsible on two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, one depend of taking pictures into an occupied car, one depend of illegal firearm exercise and one depend of carrying a loaded firearm in public, the Alameda County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated in an announcement Thursday.
Watts faces 23 years in state jail when he’s sentenced on Feb. 3, in line with prosecutors.
The taking pictures, which prosecutors described as “unprovoked,” occurred round 1 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2020, close to the intersection of 51st and West streets. Watts fired his gun a number of instances right into a parked automobile the place two males have been sleeping, injuring one among them.
Within the assertion, Chief Assistant District Lawyer Royl Roberts thanked the jurors for his or her service and congratulated the prosecution group for his or her work in securing a conviction.
“This guilty verdict reaffirms that anyone who uses a gun to harm people in our community will be held to account for their actions in a court of law,” Roberts stated.
