"With their trial weeks away, three alleged San Francisco gang members agreed to serve decades in prison for their roles in the robbery and killing of a retired San Jose policeman who was working as a security guard for the KRON4 news station when he was fatally shot. The accused killer of retired San Jose police Officer Kevin Nishita, Laron Gilbert, pleaded no contest to first degree murder with the expectation of a prison sentence of 30 years to life."
"The three men were accused of committing the crimes to benefit the San Francisco street gang Mac Block, based on court transcripts, jail recordings and witness statements. At the case's start, in 2022, police accused Mitchell of firing the fatal shots, but things later took a turn. After Gilbert was arrested on a fugitive warrant in Kansas, in 2024, Mitchell's lawyer said evidence had surfaced implicating Gilbert, not Mitchell, as the actual killer."
Three alleged San Francisco gang members accepted plea deals weeks before trial, agreeing to serve decades in prison for roles in a November 2021 robbery and killing. Laron Gilbert pleaded no contest to first-degree murder with an expected sentence of 30 years to life. Co-defendants Shadihia Mitchell and Hershel Hale agreed to 25-year sentences for robbery. The charged incident occurred on 14th Street in downtown Oakland during an attempted robbery of a KRON4 camera crew; retired San Jose Officer Kevin Nishita, working as a security guard, was fatally shot after intervening. The defendants remain jailed in Alameda County awaiting formal sentencing.
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