OAKLAND (BCN) — A 19-year-old Vallejo man has been charged with murder for aiding and abetting a 15-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of the grandson of Oakland City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney during a robbery last month, prosecutors said.
Shiheim Johnson, 19, was arrested last Thursday in connection with the killing of 17-year-old Torian Hughes. He was charged Friday with murder, robbery and two counts of unlawful use of a firearm, prosecutors said.
Oakland police said in court filings that Johnson and the 15-year-old, whose name has not been released because of his age, met Hughes and a friend in the 900 block of Mandela Parkway at about 1:40 p.m. on Dec. 20.
The two suspects had told Hughes they would sell him a gun, but instead pulled guns on the other two teens and tried to rob them. Johnson took a cellphone and cash from Hughes’ friend but Hughes resisted the robbery and the 15-year-old suspect shot him, according to police.
Hughes, who briefly attended McClymonds High School and was in an independent study program as of December, died at a hospital shortly after the shooting, police said.
Johnson and the 15-year-old fled after the shooting.The 15-year-old was arrested earlier this month and was charged as a juvenile. Johnson remained free until Jan. 20, when police spotted him in the 1000 block of 21st Street, police said.Johnson allegedly tried to run and police saw him with a gun, but
Johnson allegedly tried to run and police saw him with a gun, but he was safely arrested a few blocks away in the 1900 block of Linden Street. Police said they found his gun as well.
Police said they found his gun as well. Johnson has a prior conviction for robbery in 2012 and is prohibited from owning a gun.He was arraigned on the murder charge on Friday and is being held
He was arraigned on the murder charge on Friday and is being held at Santa Rita Jail without bail. His next court date is scheduled for Feb. 22 to possibly enter a plea, according to court records.