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Oakland -- The former University of San Francisco basketball player who was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Emeryville Ikea store had been in a group that was trying to rob a marijuana dealer, authorities said Monday.
Hyman Taylor Jr., 23, of Oakland was killed and a 27-year-old San Francisco resident was injured at 7:35 p.m. last Tuesday outside the store at 4400 Shellmound St. Authorities are still searching for the gunman but have arrested a suspect in the alleged robbery plot and charged him with Taylor's slaying.
Cassidy O'Connor, 20, arrested early Thursday, was charged Monday with murder and attempted robbery under the provocative-act doctrine, which holds accomplices responsible when their crime partners act in a way that leads to death.
Police who responded to the reported shooting found Taylor dead on the 1500 block of 40th Street, several blocks east of the store. The other gunshot victim, whose name was not released, was found on the east end of the parking lot and was taken to a hospital.
Although the store is in Emeryville, the parking lot is within Oakland's city limits, and the shooting is under investigation by Oakland police.
Taylor, the wounded man and O'Connor had gone to BudTrader.com, a medical marijuana marketplace, and identified someone willing to sell them a large amount of marijuana, said Tom Rogers, Alameda County's chief deputy district attorney.
But the trio was bent on robbery, Rogers said. Taylor and the San Francisco man were hiding in some bushes when a female marijuana supplier and a man acting as her protector drove up, the prosecutor said.
After the woman got out of the car, Taylor and the San Francisco man - each armed - came out of the bushes and tried to rob her, Rogers said. Taylor fired his .22-caliber handgun, and the woman's protector returned fire, striking Taylor and the San Francisco man, who remains in critical condition, authorities said. The woman and her protector fled; a woman who was with Taylor's group at the time of the shooting was interviewed by police and is cooperating, Rogers said.
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Author: Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
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Copyright: 2010 Hearst Communications Inc.
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Hyman Taylor Jr., 23, of Oakland was killed and a 27-year-old San Francisco resident was injured at 7:35 p.m. last Tuesday outside the store at 4400 Shellmound St. Authorities are still searching for the gunman but have arrested a suspect in the alleged robbery plot and charged him with Taylor's slaying.
Cassidy O'Connor, 20, arrested early Thursday, was charged Monday with murder and attempted robbery under the provocative-act doctrine, which holds accomplices responsible when their crime partners act in a way that leads to death.
Police who responded to the reported shooting found Taylor dead on the 1500 block of 40th Street, several blocks east of the store. The other gunshot victim, whose name was not released, was found on the east end of the parking lot and was taken to a hospital.
Although the store is in Emeryville, the parking lot is within Oakland's city limits, and the shooting is under investigation by Oakland police.
Taylor, the wounded man and O'Connor had gone to BudTrader.com, a medical marijuana marketplace, and identified someone willing to sell them a large amount of marijuana, said Tom Rogers, Alameda County's chief deputy district attorney.
But the trio was bent on robbery, Rogers said. Taylor and the San Francisco man were hiding in some bushes when a female marijuana supplier and a man acting as her protector drove up, the prosecutor said.
After the woman got out of the car, Taylor and the San Francisco man - each armed - came out of the bushes and tried to rob her, Rogers said. Taylor fired his .22-caliber handgun, and the woman's protector returned fire, striking Taylor and the San Francisco man, who remains in critical condition, authorities said. The woman and her protector fled; a woman who was with Taylor's group at the time of the shooting was interviewed by police and is cooperating, Rogers said.
News Forum: rollitup.org
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Author: Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Contact: San Francisco Chronicle
Copyright: 2010 Hearst Communications Inc.
Website: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/15/BAFP1DV3CJ.DTL