Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In Hayward Murder
The suspect is being held without bail in the January shooting death.
HAYWARD, CA — A suspect in the fatal January shooting of a 53-year-old Hayward man was arrested earlier this month, Hayward police said Tuesday.
Anthony Bergstrom, 53, was arrested on April 6 for allegedly shooting Jesse Nieto to death on Jan. 4, according to police.
Officers were called to the 24000 block of Park Street at about 12:45 a.m. on Jan. 4 to investigate the shooting and found Nieto suffering from one or more gunshot wounds, Hayward police said. Nieto was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Bergstrom, a Hayward resident, is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of several offenses related to the shooting, including murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and grand theft, according to jail records.
Bergstrom is scheduled to enter a plea at 9 a.m. on May 4 in the George E. McDonald Hall of Justice in Alameda.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Hayward Police Detective Niedenthal at (510) 293-7176.
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