"OAKLAND Months after a judge praised an Oakland murder defendant as a wonderful young man and released him from jail, police in Stanislaus County have publicly identified him as an armed and dangerous fugitive who allegedly killed a man last month. Keyante Reed, 19, was released from jail in January by Alameda County Judge Elena Condes, and for the next several months was deemed compliant by Alameda County probation officials who run a pretrial release program."
"But then came September, when Reed was first wounded in a shootout almost identical to the one that led to his Oakland murder case. He was hospitalized and jailed on suspicion of gun possession, then freed from custody, according to court records. Just 10 days later, he allegedly shot and killed a man on Sept. 19 in Riverbank in Stanislaus County, records show."
"On Oct. 18, 2024, Reed was charged with murdering 50-year-old Lamar Payne in a Sept. 7, 2024 shootout outside the Go Go Amigo Market, near 105th Avenue and E Street in East Oakland. Police say Reed and two other men began firing at one another, killing Payne, a bystander, in the process. A second suspected gunman was identified as 21-year-old Michai Adams and charged with murder this year. A third suspect, 22-year-old Tamarkus Killensworth, was arrested on gun charges, court records show."
A judge released Keyante Reed, 19, from jail in January and probation officials later deemed him compliant in a pretrial release program. In September Reed was wounded in a shootout, hospitalized and jailed on suspicion of gun possession before being freed. Ten days after that incident he allegedly shot and killed a man in Riverbank. Reed was charged on Oct. 18, 2024, with murdering 50-year-old Lamar Payne in a Sept. 7 shootout outside the Go Go Amigo Market in East Oakland. Two other suspects have been identified and charged, and defense claims say Reed was ambushed and targeted.
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