Man who allegedly killed Oakland parole agent has decades-long criminal history

The Brief

  • A criminal complaint in the Alameda County Superior Court chronicles 10 previous convictions against Bryan Keith Hall.
  • Hall allegedly shot and killed Oakland parole agent Joshua Lemont Byrd at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation building.
  • Alameda County Jail records showed Hall was being held without bail in the Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.

OAKLAND, Calif. Newly obtained court documents show that Bryan Keith Hall, the man who allegedly shot and killed Oakland parole agent Joshua Lemont Byrd last week, has an extensive criminal history stretching back nearly 30 years.

A criminal complaint filed Monday in the Alameda County Superior Court detailing the Thursday shooting also chronicles 10 previous convictions against Hall.

He was first convicted in June 1996 of second-degree robbery in Alameda County, when he was about 19 years old, according to the criminal complaint.

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