"They witnessed horrible things inside the Jenkins' family home on April 23, 2023. Because of that, their testimony is crucial as authorities work to prosecute a double murder case against 49-year-old Antonio Powell, the man who allegedly killed 44-year-old Rebecca Jenkins, his girlfriend, then turned the gun on 13-year-old Desiree Jenkins, then shot Desiree's best friend, before fleeing in what the girls described as a maniacal rage."
"There's no apparent motive to the shooting, because the girls who witnessed it didn't hear words. What they heard was Powell's inaudible screams, which pierced through the walls of their apartment on the 500 block of Birch Street in Oakland, before and after the gunfire, according to their testimony. Like rage stuff. Rebecca Jenkins' teen daughter described No words coming out. Just anger."
"At a January preliminary hearing, Judge Paul Delucchi held Powell to answer on charges of murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, assaulting the girl with a pistol, and a count of child abuse for each of the four surviving children who were in the apartment that day. He pleaded not guilty on Feb. 3, court records show."
On April 23, 2023, an incident at a Birch Street apartment in Oakland left Rebecca Jenkins and 13-year-old Desiree Jenkins dead. Four surviving children were present; one girl was shot in the leg and another faced a gun barrel. Witnesses reported inaudible, piercing screams and no spoken motive. Authorities arrested 49-year-old Antonio Powell a short distance away after witnesses said he fled, screaming and hopping, apparently out of bullets. Powell faces murder, felon-in-possession, assault with a firearm, and child-abuse counts. He pleaded not guilty and was ordered to answer at a preliminary hearing.
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