The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has charged the man arrested last week in connection with a fatal shooting in Richmond with first-degree murder.
Jabari Armon Fontenot, 31, was charged Tuesday with the murder of Melvin Murphy, who was shot and killed May 30 on the 200 block of West Nevin Avenue. The complaint includes a firearm enhancement alleging that Fontenot discharged a weapon causing great bodily injury and Murphy’s death.
Fontenot is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Department 6 at the A.F. Bray Courts Building Annex in Martinez. If convicted, he faces 50 years to life in prison…