OAKLAND, Calif. – A 15-year-old boy fatally shot during an alleged robbery in East Oakland while on his way to soccer practice did not know his alleged killer, authorities said.
“It doesn’t appear that they knew each other,” Oakland police Lt. Gloria Beltran said during a news conference Monday. “The victim just happened to be in the area at that time, and he was a victim of a robbery.”
Suspect charged
What we know:
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in the killing of Derbing Alvarado. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because of his age was charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office on Friday with robbery and discharging a firearm during the commission of a serious violent felony. …