OAKLAND — A 42-year-old man has been charged with homicide in the Oct. 2 deadly capturing of a 17-year-old boy — who the suspect instructed police he noticed attempting to steal a automobile outdoors his West Oakland house, in line with authorities and courtroom paperwork.
Dante T. Floyd is charged within the killing of Myles Wooten, of Hayward. The 2 didn’t know one another, authorities mentioned.
The capturing occurred about 4:44 a.m. Oct. 2 within the 2100 block of Myrtle Avenue.
Based on courtroom paperwork, recovered video surveillance confirmed Floyd popping out of his house and firing a number of pictures at Wooten and one other one that have been “trying to take a automobile” that was parked outdoors Floyd’s house. The automobile didn’t belong to Floyd.
The paperwork say 12 shell casings have been recovered on the scene.
The youth was hit no less than as soon as and was pushed from Myrtle Avenue to a close-by hospital; whoever was driving left him there earlier than driving off. After preliminary remedy, Wooten was transferred to a different hospital, the place he died lower than two hours later.
After the capturing Floyd went again inside his house and was finally arrested about 9:45 a.m. He declined to speak to investigators.
He was formally charged Friday and was being held with out bail at Santa Rita Jail. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning.
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