"A man who police identified as the suspected shooter in a deadly exchange of gunfire last August has been sentenced to probation and one day in jail for possessing a firearm as a felon, court records show. King Jamil Stevenson, 32, pleaded no contest to the charge just six weeks after it was filed. Stevenson was arrested on suspicion of carrying a 9mm handgun one day after the deadly Aug. 12 shootout that killed 41-year-old Jermil Lewis, of Oakland."
"Police spoke to a security guard who later told them that a man living out of a Jeep later identified as Stevenson had confronted a group of burglars attempting to break into a marijuana dispensary and exchanged gunfire with them. The guard said he couldn't tell who shot first, authorities said. Police said in court filings that Lewis matched the description of the burglar Stevenson shot. Members of Lewis' family have sent emails to this news organization adamantly denying he was involved in the burglary."
King Jamil Stevenson, 32, pleaded no contest to possessing a firearm as a felon and received probation plus one day in jail. He was arrested on suspicion of carrying a 9mm one day after an Aug. 12 shootout in West Oakland that killed 41-year-old Jermil Lewis. A security guard reported a man living in a Jeep, later identified as Stevenson, confronted burglars attempting to break into a marijuana dispensary and exchanged gunfire; the guard said he could not tell who fired first. Police filings said Lewis matched the description of the burglar Stevenson shot. Lewis' family denied he was involved in the burglary. Lewis had prior felony convictions that barred him from possessing guns, including assault in 2021 and false imprisonment earlier in the year; an attempted murder charge from 2022 was later dismissed.
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