OAKLAND — The supervisor of a San Leandro recording studio has been arrested and charged with homicide on the grounds that he allegedly stood over a girl and fired a shot into her chest after a violent confrontation.
Leo Evans, 44, of Oakland, was charged with murdering 40-year-old Jennifer Jordan and making an attempt to homicide a person who was with Jordan throughout an argument exterior a liquor retailer within the unincorporated group of Ashland. The taking pictures occurred 9:47 p.m. on Feb. 9, exterior a liquor retailer at East 14th Avenue close to 151st Avenue, court docket information present.
Police say that the 2 victims confronted Evans and that the person threatened him with a baton, but additionally that Evans produced a gun, fired a shot that ricocheted off of Jordan’s chin, inflicting her to fall to the bottom. Jordan — who required a walker to get round — stayed on the pavement whereas Evans allegedly walked up and fired at her from a brief distance.
Evans then allegedly turned the gun on the person, firing a number of pictures because the sufferer tried to swat away his gun with the baton. He then allegedly ran from the world.
Authorities say that Evans is the supervisor of a recording studio known as Royal Productionz LLC, which is a brief distance from the place the taking pictures occurred. They recognized him partially from pictures from the studio’s social media pages, in comparison with surveillance footage from the studio.
Evans was shopping for a sandwich at a restaurant throughout the road from the liquor retailer, when he stated one thing offensive to Jordan. Jordan and the person then adopted Evans to the liquor retailer and accosted him whereas he was shopping for a bottle of tequila, resulting in the violent confrontation, authorities stated.
The recording studio’s social media pages seem like run by Evans. In Might, the studio introduced it was “temporarily closed” however saved its socials energetic.
Evans was arrested on Oct. 30 and denied involvement within the taking pictures. He was charged on Nov. 1. Police say they spoke to an individual who picked Evans up on the night time of the murder and recognized him from the surveillance footage.
Evans is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with out bail. He’s set to enter a plea on Nov. 19, in keeping with court docket information.
