"Police described the Oakland shooting as a gangland assassination, where three cars pulled up with four gunmen inside, who opened fire and killed 24-year-old Bert Brigham III. The shooting occurred more than four years ago, and though police say they caught three suspected Funktown gang associates with guns used in the shooting the very next day, everyone has avoided charges until now. On Jan. 7, Alameda County prosecutors charged a 25-year-old suspect, Hanif McLeod, with being one of the four gunmen who killed Brigham."
"McLeod has pleaded not guilty and is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail, records show. Police say surveillance footage, witness statements, ballistics evidence and cellphone records helped them identify McLeod as both a suspected shooter and getaway driver of one of the cars. Five suspects, including McLeod, three other alleged gunmen and another suspected driver, have been identified but none of them except McLeod were charged, authorities said in court filings."
"All are associates or members of the Oakland-based Funktown gang, according to Oakland police, who attribute Brigham's July 18, 2021 killing to a feud between that gang and a rival group called The Dubs. Brigham was shot around 10 p.m. on the 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard. He died four days later, authorities said. It was one of several other ambush-style shootings on or near the Foothill Boulevard corridor, all linked to the same feud."
On July 18, 2021, Bert Brigham III was ambushed on the 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard and later died four days after being shot. Police attribute the killing to a feud between the Oakland-based Funktown gang and a rival group called The Dubs. Surveillance footage, witness statements, ballistics evidence and cellphone records helped investigators identify five suspects, including four alleged gunmen and two suspected drivers. On Jan. 7, Alameda County prosecutors charged 25-year-old Hanif McLeod with murder, assault with a firearm on a surviving victim and carrying a loaded gun in public; McLeod has pleaded not guilty and is held without bail.
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