OAKLAND — Prosecutors have charged a man with firing shots into the air at an Oakland homeless camp, allegedly after two women told him to put his genitals back into his trousers and go away.
The suspect, a 22-year-old Oakland resident, has been charged with four felonies, including negligently shooting a gun and carrying a gun without a serial number in public. He was also arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance and is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Police say that at around 10:45 p.m. on March 28, the man approached two women at a camp at 45th Avenue and Bond Street, asked to have sex with them and then began exposing himself. When they told him “no” and asked him to leave, he allegedly produced a pistol and fired at least three to five shots.
Two women alleged that the man aimed the gun at them, while a third eyewitness told police that he fired into the air, authorities say.
Officers responding to a gunfire detection alert saw the man riding away from the encampment on a scooter, observed the pistol tucked in his waistband and arrested him without incident. He was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin at around 3 a.m. the following morning.
His next court appearance has been set for April 11, records show.
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