Alameda County prosecutors on Friday charged two men who survived a chaotic shooting at an Oakland gold shop with murdering two associates who were shot and killed during a dispute with the shop owner.
Two charged with murder in slayings of associates
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Deshawn Tyson, 26, and Charles Gaston III, 28, have each been charged with attempted robbery and murder in the deaths of Devinelle Broussard, 30, and Dennis Oyewole, 25.
The shooting occurred at Eddy Cash 4 Gold on 71st Avenue and International Boulevard at around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.
When it was over, Broussard and Oyewole were killed, and Tyson, Gaston, a 17-year-old boy, and the shop owner were shot and wounded. The owner hasn’t been charged.
Mother of one suspect blasts charges
Tyson’s mother, Wyneka Tyson, believes her son should not face murder charges.
“I don’t think that’s good at all. I don’t think that’s fair at all. Make it make sense to me,” she said. “Not just because it’s my child in this predicament, it’s not right when it goes on with anybody’s kid, anybody.”
She described her son as a loving father of an 8-year-old girl.
“My son is not that person. My son is not a bad person. My son is a caring person. My son is not a murderer,” she said.
KTVU legal analyst Michael Cardoza said under what’s known as the “provocative act” doctrine, prosecutors have the right to charge suspects with murder even if they didn’t pull the trigger themselves.
“Let people know, don’t go in and do an act that’s inherently dangerous and provoke a deadly response, because if you do, even though you’re not the one that started the shooting, you are responsible for anybody that’s killed in that situation,” Cardoza said.
