On his Instagram page, thenyear-old Gaines posted himself wearing the same red jacket that surveillance video depicted him wearing when he shot and killed year-old Hasan Humphries. Gaines was convicted earlier this month of first degree murder, carjacking, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and gun possession, court records show. The Jan. All told, prosecutors documented 14 alleged crimes involving Gaines, most of which occurred during a six-week span in to It started in November , when Gaines allegedly urinated on the gravestone of a year-old Skyline High student named Keith Lawrence, and posted the video on Instagram.
Lawrence, shot and killed in Oakland in March , was an alleged associate of the Case gang, a group that has longstanding rivalries with the West Oakland gang Ghost Town, of which Gaines is a member, police say. The taunting video caused the stir Gaines intended, with several Case members taking note and responding with threats and plots of their own, according to authorities. Humphries was shot and killed while walking on the sidewalk of the block of 48th Avenue in Oakland at around p.
The most incriminating evidence were photos of himself wearing the same jacket the shooter had worn, prosecutors say. They took Gaines into custody, where he has been ever since. By Nate Gartrell ngartrell bayareanewsgroup.
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