Update: Police Arrest San Leandro Homicide Suspect

Update:

Two Oakland Police officers spotted a suspect's truck at a pallet recycling facility. The man got out of the truck and tried to get away, but police found him hiding nearby. He was arrested without incident. He is being held without bail on a murder charge.

Earlier:

SAN LEANDRO, CA — A man was killed shortly before noon today when he was hit by a pickup truck in the rear of a food supply warehouse in San Leandro in an incident that police are treating as a homicide.

The victim may have been an employee at the True World Foods San Francisco warehouse at 1915 Williams St. because he was struck and killed at about 11:45 a.m. after he got into an altercation with another man in the rear area where trucks load food products for delivery, San Leandro police spokesman Lt. Robert McManus said.

It appears that the suspect may have been trying to steal wood pallets in the back area, as there's a large market for recycling stolen pallets, according to McManus.

The man who was struck by the pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene, McManus said.

The suspect fled in his pickup truck and remains at large, according to McManus.

At this point police only have a vague description of the suspect as being a man with a dark complexion and a light-colored pickup truck, McManus said.

Investigators are checking for surveillance camera footage of the incident and talking to officials at True World Foods San Francisco to confirm that the victim worked there, McManus said.

The company, whose warehouse is located just west of Interstate Highway 880, describes itself on its website as "one of the largest wholesale distributors of fresh and frozen seafood and specialty items in North
America."

- Bay City News; Photo via San Leandro Police