Nearly six years after a deadly East Oakland shooting, a 50-year-old Oakland man has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for killing a man outside his home. Jeffrey Hall Jr. pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter after prosecutors initially charged him with murder.
According to The Mercury News, Hall accepted a plea deal that allowed him to resolve the case through the lesser offense. He received credit for five and a half years spent in jail while the case was pending and has remained in custody since his arrest.
A Dispute Over A Woman Ended In Gunfire
Terrence Douresseau, 43, was fatally shot on Dec. 16, 2020, near his home in the 5500 block of East 15th Street. The initial police response, reported by CBS San Francisco, found a wounded Oakland man who died at the scene.
Prosecutors said the conflict centered on a woman who had a restraining order against Douresseau over alleged domestic violence. They alleged that Douresseau believed Hall had called police on the woman’s behalf, and that Hall texted him around 8:40 p.m. before going to his home roughly 20 minutes later…