OAKLAND — A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of homicide after present process surgical procedure for a gunshot wound he sustained throughout a Sept. 24 deadly taking pictures, police stated.
Now, Oakland resident Bomani Bassette-Hairston is in Santa Rita Jail with out bail on fees of murdering 36-year-old Charles Wright. Prosecutors have additionally charged Bassette-Hairston with carrying a hid weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Wright was shot and killed round 7 a.m. Sept. 24, on the 900 block of Brockhurst Avenue in Oakland. Police stated they linked Bassette-Hairston to the crime by surveillance video, witness statements, and bodily proof. The 2 males have been seen conversing moments earlier than the murder, in keeping with court docket information.
“Wright walked away from Bassette-Hairston and stepped into the roadway,” Oakland police Det. Bradley Baker stated in a possible trigger assertion. “Bassette-Hairston adopted Wright into the roadway, produced a firearm and shot Wright a number of occasions.”
Baker wrote that Bassette-Hairston was wounded through the taking pictures however didn’t specify whether or not he by accident shot himself or was shot by one other particular person. Wright was pronounced useless at Highland Hospital later that morning. Bassette-Hairston reportedly bought a pal to take him to the hospital, the place he was arrested after present process surgical procedure.
Bassette-Hairston is a former SJSU school soccer participant who was kicked out as a freshman in 2015 after allegedly putting a fellow participant with a skateboard, authorities confirmed. Media reviews from the time say the injured participant was briefly hospitalized.
Courtroom information say Basette-Hairston has a 2018 assault conviction that bars him from possessing weapons. Police haven't disclosed the suspected motive for the killing.
Wright’s murder was one among two deadly shootings in Oakland on Sept. 24. Roughly 11 hours later, a 33-year-old San Francisco resident was shot and killed at a park close to Camden Avenue and 63rd Avenue. Police haven't introduced any arrests in that murder.
Employees author Harry Harris contributed to this report