"Isaac Landry, 51, no longer faces the charge in the Sept. 2 shooting of 43-year-old Robert Abeyta, a Rodeo resident shot during an early morning fight outside a store on the 3800 block of San Pablo Avenue in Emeryville. Landry still faces charges of being an accessory after the fact a felony and leading police on a brief chase, a misdemeanor, records show"
"Police say that during a fight outside the store, Watson responded to a threat by Abeyta by saying, you're going to kill who? then shooting Abeyta in the head. Landry then allegedly stomped on Abeyta's head after he was fatally shot. Both men were charged with murder, but at a November preliminary hearing, Judge Thomas Reardon said there wasn't enough evidence to uphold Landry's murder charge and threw it out."
"At the hearing, police and an eyewitness testified to Abeyta's aggressive, racist behavior before the shooting. About a half-hour he was killed, he threatened a Black woman and called her racist slurs several times for walking to closely to his car, she testified. Landry's attorney said he also made monkey sounds at her. Later, Abeyta told Landry, get the (expletive) out of here, and then added a racial slur during the confrontation."
A Sept. 2 early-morning fight outside a San Pablo Avenue liquor store left 43-year-old Robert Abeyta fatally shot. Armand Watson is charged with murder and gun possession after allegedly shooting Abeyta in the head following a threat; Isaac Landry was initially charged with murder but that charge was dismissed at a November preliminary hearing. Landry remains charged with being an accessory after the fact and a misdemeanor for leading police on a brief chase and was released with a 6 p.m. curfew. Police and an eyewitness testified about Abeyta's aggressive, racist confrontations prior to the shooting. Security cameras captured the incident and both defendants pleaded not guilty; next court date is in January.
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