Inmate Suspected Of Suicide Was Accused In Livermore Carjacking

DUBLIN, CA – An inmate who apparently killed himself at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Sunday afternoon had just been arrested last Wednesday for allegedly carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Livermore and leading officers on a high-speed chase, authorities said.

Logan Masterson, 37, was the inmate who was found unresponsive in his one-person cell at Santa Rita at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Alameda County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said.

Jail medical staff, firefighters and paramedics attempted life-saving measures on Masterson but he was pronounced dead, according to Kelly.

Masterson was booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of carjacking, burglary, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of stolen property, felony reckless evading, resisting arrest and possession of metal
knuckles, according to Livermore police.

The case began when a woman reported that when she was walking to her vehicle in the 2100 block of Third Street at about 7 p.m. Wednesday when a man, later identified as Masterson, pointed a handgun at her and demanded her keys, police said.

Fearing for her safety, the woman gave up the keys and Masterson drove away in the victim's vehicle, police said. The victim immediately called police.

Officers found the vehicle traveling north on North Livermore Avenue at Las Positas Road and tried to make a traffic stop but Masterson zoomed away, taking the Greenville Road exit and fleeing east on Altamont
Pass Road, police said.

With officers in pursuit, Masterson stopped on the shoulder of the road. He resisted arrest, but officers were able to take him into custody.

The officers allegedly found two handguns in the carjacked vehicle. Another victim later reported a residential burglary in which the two handguns and other property were stolen, police said.

In accordance with Alameda County's inmate death protocol, detectives from the sheriff's Eden Township Substation in San Leandro are investigating Masterson's death, Kelly said.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office have also been notified of the death, according to Kelly.

The county coroner's bureau also responded to the jail and will conduct an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of the inmate's death, Kelly said.

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