"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"
"Landry's co-defendant, 52-year-old Armand Watson, is charged with murder and gun possession. 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."
"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. Landry and Watson were at the store together to buy cigarettes when they began arguing with Abeyta, police testified."
Isaac Landry, 51, had his murder charge dismissed in the Sept. 2 Emeryville shooting that killed 43-year-old Robert Abeyta. Landry still faces a felony accessory-after-the-fact charge and a misdemeanor for leading police on a brief chase, and was released with a 6 p.m. curfew. Co-defendant Armand Watson, 52, is charged with murder and gun possession; police say Watson shot Abeyta in the head after a confrontation. Witnesses and police testified to Abeyta's aggressive and racist behavior toward a Black woman before the shooting. Security camera footage reportedly captured the incident. Both men pleaded not guilty and are due in court in January.
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