OAKLAND — On Monday, plainclothes cops trailed a automobile in Oakland’s Laurel District containing a person they’d been attempting to arrest since February on expenses that he shot two males, one fatally, throughout an October 2022 incident that continues to be beneath investigation.
The arrest of 36-year-old James Goodman didn’t fairly go as deliberate. As soon as uniformed officers arrived, Goodman, who driving round with one other grownup and a 4-year-old woman, “confirmed reckless disregard for the security of the kid in ramming police automobiles” and reversed right into a fence earlier than making an attempt to flee the world on foot, in accordance with a sworn assertion by Oakland police Officer James Yamashita. His assertion doesn’t say whether or not they used pressure through the arrest.
Now, Goodman has been charged with homicide and assault with a firearm, together with three counts of unlawful gun possession. He has not been charged with the alleged try to flee arrest or any expenses related to endangering a minor; police say the younger woman’s seatbelt was not correctly secured.
Authorities haven’t publicly revealed how Goodman was recognized as a suspect. The murder sufferer, 33-year-old William Graham, was fatally shot on the evening of Oct. 7, 2022, on the 1600 block of forty fifth Avenue close to Bond Avenue in Oakland. Graham’s physique was discovered subsequent to his automobile, which appeared to have been just lately broken by a collision, authorities mentioned.
A 26-year-old man injured within the taking pictures was reportedly evasive when police arrived, first denying he knew Graham then admitting that they two had labored collectively and have been acquainted. He both didn’t know or pretended to not know who shot them, and claimed they have been caught within the crossfire, with out elaboration, authorities say.
4 months later, in February, police had recognized Goodman as a suspect and obtained a warrant for his arrest. The 2-month search ended Monday afternoon, when police trailed him to the Citibank car parking zone situated at 4000 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland and arrested him after the transient foot chase, authorities say. The U.S. Marshal service assisted within the search.
Graham’s killing occurred roughly six weeks after Goodman was launched from a 90-day jail sentence for violating parole from a housebreaking conviction, court docket data present.
Goodman stays in Santa Rita Jail on a no-bail maintain and has not but entered a plea, court docket data present.