Crime & Safety
Arrested: Fremont Man In San Leandro BART Homicide
He is the final suspect wanted in three BART deaths that happened over just 3 days earlier this month.
SAN LEANDRO, CA — The fugitive wanted for homicide in the death of a homeless man at the Bay Fair BART Station in San Leandro on July 21 turned himself into police Monday. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old Jashawn Combs of Fremont. He surrendered at BART Police headquarters in Oakland.
Combs surrendered after his photos were released by BART Police and widely circulated by the media.
According to a release from BART, surveillance photos showed that Combs hit the victim, 47-year-old Don Stevens, "with a closed fist to the side of the head. After being struck, Stevens then hit the cement ground when he fell on the platform."
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Stevens received medial care but died from his injuries.
It was the second of three deaths that happened in just three days. On July 20, 51-year-old Gerald Bisbee was the first victim when he died at home of an infection cause by a cut when he was attacked at the Pleasant Hill Station two days earlier. BART Police had arrested 20-year-old Abdul Bey after the confrontation and he was still in custody when Bisbee died.
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The third death was on July 22 when two sisters were attacked as they left a BART train at the MacArthur Station in Oakland. The brutal attack killed 18-year-old Nia Wilson, and left her sister hospitalized for injuries. The following day, 27-year-old John Lee Cowell was arrested after a tip from a BART passenger. Incredibly, Cowell was riding BART just one day after the deadly attack.
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The Bay Fair homicide suspect is now in custody. Jashawn Combs, 24 of Fremont turned himself in today at @oaklandpoliceca
BART Police has surveillance that shows he punched 47-year-old Don Stevens, a transient who later died at the hospital. pic.twitter.com/5d7a3OwtnS
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-Photo via BART Police
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