CA - Janath Liyanage, 32, fatally shot in Oakland, August 2019

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Janath Liyanage from Sri Lanka was killed in August 2019 in Oakland in a suspected robbery.
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Two men were arrested as suspects, Denis Evans, 28, and Tyrone McAllister, 19, in August 2019.
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This was not the first time McAllister was involved in a crime against a person from Asia, he had just a year earlier been involved in a beating of an elderly Sikh man, and been sentenced to one year in prison (obviously had an early release).
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - A man was killed in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood late Tuesday night after he was shot by an unknown suspect or suspects, police said.
There was still a crime scene on 20th Street near San Pablo Avenue early Wednesday morning. Police would only say a man was shot about 11:15 p.m. and died later at the hospital.

Video provided by Citizen App was shot through a window, showing police cars down below a row of houses and apartments. The neighborhood is blocks away from the Greyhound bus station.

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A man was killed in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood late Tuesday night after he was shot by an unknown suspect or suspects, police said.

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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - The son of a retired Bay Area police chief, who was already on probation for the attack of an elderly Sikh man, appeared in court on Thursday.

Tyrone McAllister, 19, and 28-year-old Dennis Evans were both charged with special circumstance in the shooting death of Janath Liyanage, 32, on Aug. 20 in the Uptown Oakland neighborhood.

McAllister made a brief court appearance. No plea was entered in the capital murder case.

His attorney, Ernie Castillo said, "He's facing either the death penalty or life without the possibility of parole."

Ex-police chief's estranged son could face death penalty in Oakland murder

The son of a retired Bay Area police chief, who was already on probation for the attack of an elderly Sikh man, appeared in court on Thursday.

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