Alameda County DA reduces charges against 2 men accused of killing Oakland man

The Alameda County district attorney has reduced charges against two men accused in the March 2021 killing of a 75-year-old man in Oakland.

The announcement came just before the trial began, and it has reopened old wounds for members of the local Asian community.

In this case, we are saying we are very concerned that they will be paroled and coming out and hurting people again, said community activist Carl Chan. 

The Mercury News reported DA Pamela Price s office, minutes before the start of trial Monday, dropped special circumstance allegations that, upon conviction, would have meant longer prison terms for both defendants.

Teaunte Bailey, 28, and 59-year-old Demetrius Britton, are charged with the robbery and killing of 75-year-old Pak Ho in March 2021 while Ho was out for his morning walk in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland. It was all caught on surveillance video, and prosecutors say they also have GPS from Bailey s ankle monitor, which puts him at the crime scene. 

Chan is an organizer of the effort to recall Price.

via www.msn.com