OAKLAND — Police lately arrested a 33-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed a person throughout a botched theft early Saturday morning in Oakland’s Uptown district.
Authorities jailed Jashawndre Upshaw within the deadly taking pictures of Roosevelt Jones, in line with Oakland Police Division Deputy Chief Fred Shavies, who introduced the arrest in a press convention Thursday afternoon.
Upshaw was booked into the Santa Rita Jail, the place he stays held with out bail.
Investigators suspect Upshaw shot Jones whereas attempting to rob him at about 12:40 a.m. Saturday on the five hundred block of 18th Road, in line with court docket information. They zeroed in on Upshaw as a suspect after speaking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage, court docket information present. Later that evening, an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy discovered Upshaw’s car in Hayward, Shavies stated.
Officers arrested Upshaw two days in a while the 2900 block of Brookdale Avenue in East Oakland, information present. Alameda County prosecutors later charged him with a slew of felonies, together with homicide and tried theft.
Police declare Upshaw acknowledged being within the space of the taking pictures early Saturday morning, however he denied being concerned within the theft, in line with court docket information.
One other particular person was arrested whereas officers investigated the killing, police stated, and prosecutors later charged him with a number of gun-related offenses.
The killing marked the twenty sixth dying investigated by Oakland police as a murder up to now this 12 months.
