OAKLAND — A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murdering a 19-year-old lady who was shot July 31 inside her bed room window, and police say the 2 had been heard arguing on a telephone name shortly earlier than all of it occurred.
Donovann Sanders, of Tracy, was charged Monday with murdering Kalilah Winford, of Alameda, in addition to taking pictures into an occupied condo on the 1800 block of Everett Avenue in Alameda, court docket information present. Winford was arrested Aug. 4, in Tracy, two days after Winford succumbed to her gunshot wound at a Bay Space hospital.
Police haven't disclosed a selected motive, however say Winford’s mom heard her daughter and Sanders arguing over the telephone earlier within the night, and that her mom acknowledged his voice as a result of she’s recognized him for years. At round 9 p.m., Winford was shot within the head inside her bed room on the Everett Avenue condo. Paramedics took Winford to a hospital, the place she died two days later.
Sanders was recognized as a suspect by way of cellphone GPS information, surveillance video, and since he allegedly used his stepfather’s grey Chevrolet Equinox throughout the killing, in response to police.
Authorities say the Equinox was seen a brief distance from Winford’s residence earlier than the taking pictures, and that Sanders’ cellphone information show that he spoke along with her inside minutes of the taking pictures. Sanders additionally allegedly known as Winford’s quantity a number of instances after the taking pictures.
Surveillance footage on the condo advanced exhibits a person police have recognized as Sanders strolling as much as Winford’s bed room window, then strolling away simply earlier than her mom known as 911 to report the taking pictures, in response to court docket information. When police requested Sanders’ mom what time he returned residence with the Equinox, she mentioned round 11 p.m. or midnight, investigators mentioned.
When Sanders was arrested, he allegedly had a loaded “quick barrel rifle” in his possession, in response to police.
Employees author Harry Harris contributed to this report.