BART police apprehended a man they witnessed attempting to evade fare at El Cerrito del Norte Station Tuesday, only to discover he was an escaped murder convict from Georgia who had been on the run for the past two years.
Bay Area Rapid Transit Police officers tried to stop 27-year-old Davonte Fore after they saw him attempting to enter the El Cerrito del Norte Station without paying fare around 8:53 am Tuesday, according to a news release. Fore took off on foot but was caught several blocks away. After initially giving officers a false name, a fingerprint check identified him as a Georgia fugitive who had been on the run since 2024 after disappearing during his murder trial.
Fore was convicted in absentia in October 2024 of the 2021 murder of 25-year-old Skyler Gilmore, a Black transgender woman, and later sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, plus 15 years, as the Chronicle reports. Prosecutors reportedly said Fore and co-defendant JaQuan Brooks, whom they identified as gang members, tracked Gilmore through calls and text messages before fatally shooting her inside her apartment. Authorities said the killing was ordered after it was discovered Gilmore was involved with a member of a rival gang…