Livermore Man Charged With Murder After Dublin Pursuit, Cops Say

DUBLIN, CA — A man with Livermore ties is facing five charges and being held in Santa Rita Jail after police say he stabbed and killed his mother's boyfriend, fled in his mother's car and led police on a 20-minute pursuit to Dublin.

Ty Bothwellmitlitsk, 18, lived in Livermore with his father for years and has friends there, according to the San Leandro Police Department. He moved to San Leandro with his mother.

Pleasanton Weekly first reported he was raised in Livermore and graduated last spring from Vineyard Alternative High School.

His mother's boyfriend, a 62-year-old man, was found Friday with stab wounds in a San Leandro home in the 500 block of Beverly Avenue, shortly before midnight, police said.

His mother told police that Bothwellmitlitsk fled in her car. Police saw him driving her car back across the Bay Bridge toward San Leandro around 3:40 a.m. Saturday.

Officers tried to stop him, but Bothwellmitlitsk led them on a pursuit to Dublin, where he turned back toward the East Bay and into Castro Valley, police say. He was stopped and arrested there.

The incident marked San Leandro's first stabbing of the year.

Bothwellmitlitsk was arrested at 4 a.m. and was booked into jail shortly after noon, jail records show. He faces charges related to murder, unlawfully taking a car, evading an officer with disregard for public safety, plus special allegations related to using a deadly weapon and committing great bodily injury, jail records show.

— Bay City News Service contributed to this report

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