Ex-Con Sentenced To Prison For Shooting Death

OAKLAND, CA — An ex-convict was sentenced today to 30 years in state prison for fatally shooting a man at a house in Oakland's Laurel district in 2016. Clyde Staten, 36, of Oakland, originally was charged with murder for the shooting death of Daniel Gibson, a 20-year-old Hayward man, inside a home the 3600 block of Brown Avenue at 10:11 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2016.

But on May 25, Staten pleaded no contest to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter for Gibson's death. He also pleaded no contest to shooting into an inhabited dwelling and admitted he has prior felony
convictions, a factor that increased his state prison term when he was sentenced by Alameda County Superior Court Judge James Cramer today.

According to court documents, shortly before Staten shot Gibson, Staten was assaulted by two men while he was talking to two women outside of a home in the 3600 block of Brown Avenue between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. that day.

Oakland police said Staten ran back to his father's house two blocks away and came back with a gun and then allegedly fired several shots into the home.

Gibson was struck multiple times, including in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutors said Staten was convicted in 2013 for making criminal threats, in 2012 for possession of a firearm by a felon, in 2004 for false imprisonment and in 2000 for selling drugs.

Staten was arrested at a home on Seneca Avenue in East Oakland on Feb. 11, 2016, four days after the shooting, following a short standoff with police and the U.S. Marshals Service.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock