Alameda County District Attorney's Office: People V. Damone Haynes And Anthony Rhodes

Press release from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office:

Oct 12, 2021

On October 9, 2021, a jury found defendant Damone Haynes guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Charles Billings.

On July 26, 2019, Billings was seated inside his van, which was parked along the curb on Bancroft Avenue in Oakland. Haynes and two other men had gone to buy heroin from Billings. They pulled up in a vehicle and approached the van. Haynes shot at the victim twice which caused Billings to fall out of his van and into the street. Haynes continued to shoot Billings five more times while Billings was in the street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Prior to Billings being shot,

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