East Bay Man Suspected of Shooting at BART Officers Arraigned

A 27-year-old man was arraigned today on charges of attempted murder of a peace officer and assault on a peace officer with a semi-automatic firearm for allegedly shooting at two BART police officers at the Hayward station on Christmas Day.

Charles Kyle Goetting, who has addresses in San Ramon, Concord and Antioch, is scheduled to return to Alameda County Superior Court in Hayward on Jan. 20 to be assigned an attorney and possibly enter a plea. BART Detective John Johnson wrote in a probable cause statement that Goetting was pushing a white U-Haul truck into a parking stall on the basement level of the parking garage at the Hayward station at about 11 a.m. on Dec. 25 when an officer spotted a broken rear window on the truck.

Johnson said two uniformed BART officers contacted Goetting to investigate a possible vehicle burglary and Goetting then identified himself to them. Johnson said the officers conducted a records check and learned that Goetting was on probation for his drug conviction and had a condition allowing officers to search him. But when one of the officers started to search Goetting he pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired five shots at the two officers, according to BART police.

One officer was shot in the arm by Goetting, Johnson said. Another officer returned fire and struck Goetting, who was taken into custody, Johnson said. When officers processed the crime scene, they found a dead body that was covered up in the bed of the U-Haul truck, according to Johnson.

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The Alameda County coroner’s bureau later identified the man as 40-year-old Jason Anderson, whose last known address was in Bay Point. BART police said Anderson’s death has been ruled a homicide and they are still investigating it but haven’t solved it.

The injured officer was treated for his wounds and was released a short time after the shooting but Goetting had to undergo surgery and remained hospitalized for more than a week before he was transferred to the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, where he is being held without bail. In addition to the attempted murder of an officer and assault on a peace officer charges, Goetting is charged with being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm.

Prosecutors allege that he has a prior conviction for possession of a controlled substance in Alameda County in 2013.

By Bay City News

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