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By Joseph Gehaand Rick HurdStaff writers

FREMONT — The third fa-tal shooting involving Fremontpolice officers in three monthsended with a man dead in analley near Decoto Road on Sun-day night and at least one othersuspect detained.

The fatal encounter unfoldedafter East Bay Regional ParkDistrict police notified Fremontpolice dispatch that one of its of-ficers had made contact with acar “involving a firearm” in theparking lot of the 7-Eleven storeat 35015 Fremont Blvd., acrossthe street from Walgreens, Fre-mont police Sgt. Ricardo Cortéssaid. Parks police requestedthat Fremont officers respondfor backup.

One of the officers contacteda suspect in the car after arriv-ing at the store, and that suspectfled the parking lot, Cortés said.The shooting came momentslater, and Cortés said two offi-cers fired their weapons.

Cortés said the officers fol-lowed the suspect “over behindthe Walgreens, where the of-ficers did fire their weapons.”He said the suspect was pro-

Fremontofficersshoot, killsuspectAt least one other persondetained in incidentnear 7-Eleven store

Fatal encounter

By Nate Gartrellngartrell@bayareanewsgroup.com

MARTINEZ — A youngman’s untreated schizophreniaand psychotic disorder were be-hind his decision to kill his bestfriend’s 9-year-old brother in

2015, his lawyertold jurors Mon-day.

The pros-ecutor, though,described 20-year-old WilliamShultz — con-victed in lateMarch of mur-dering Jordon “Jordy” Almgren— as a “highly intelligent” ma-nipulator who changed his mo-tive for killing Jordy when itwas time to speak with mental

health professionals.Shultz had fresh cut marks

and scratches on his face andneck as he sat, calmly, watch-ing one attorney portray him ashopelessly mentally ill, and theother describe him as a mali-cious killer who tried to coverhis tracks.

“Billy Shultz did not have amoral understanding of whathe had done,” his attorney, Cyn-thia Scofield, told jurors.

This phase of the trial largelyhangs on the testimony of five

mental health professionals.Four have agreed with the de-fense position that Shultz didn’tknow what he was doing waswrong, Scofield said.

Shultz killed Jordy as theyoung boy slept in his bed inApril 2015, stabbing him withsuch force that prosecutor Si-mon O’Connell described it asa butchering. He was arrestedwhile being treated at Kaiserfor an accidental stab wound

Attorneys present conflicting views of murdererProsecutor disputes defenseassertion that Shultz wasunaware of what he’d done

Slaying of 9-year-old boy

By Matthias Gafniand David DeBoltStaff writers

OAKLAND — Years beforehe died in last month’s halfwayhouse blaze, Olatunde Adeju-mobi was researching the use of

complex pseudorandom stringsand studying computer theoryat UC Berkeley.

A psychotic break sent the36-year-old Nigerian native on amental health referral to UrojasCommunity Services’ facility at2551 San Pablo Ave. Residentsknew him as the quiet man whospoke with a thick African ac-cent, but years before he movedinto the low-income housingcomplex, Adejumobi studiedthe theory of computation andmathematics and designed a

randomized algorithm in anelite summer program for elec-trical engineering and comput-ing at UC Berkeley.

Like many residents at thethree-story Oakland building,Adejumobi’s life has been amystery since Alameda Countycoroner investigators identifiedhis burned remains by a fin-gerprint. On Monday, officialsreached his father in Nigeria,with the help of the Nigerian

Mystery of fire victim solvedMan, 36, who died inRoom 223, was nativeof Nigeria, math whiz

Fatal blaze in Oakland halfway house on March 27

By Sam Richardssrichards@bayareanewsgroup.com

TASSAJARA VALLEY —Despite the sign on his propertycalling attention to the ceme-tery that could be built a stone’sthrow away, Bill Newman findshe must refresh memories ev-ery so often.

“We have to remind people,‘No, it’s not done yet, it’s com-ing back,’” said Newman, avolunteer with Friends of Tas-sajara Valley, which along withother groups has been waginga campaign against a 59-acre,100,000-plot cemetery alongCamino Tassajara for almost 10years. “It’s easy for people not

to remember; it’s moving prettyslowly.”

Indeed, a project that hasat times inflamed its prospec-tive neighbors has assumed alow profile lately as it works itway through the Contra CostaCounty planning and approvalprocess. Telma Moreira, thecounty’s principal planner for

the project, said the project isstill very much alive. It includesseveral structures, among thema chapel and a mausoleum.

“We’re reviewing the projectas a whole, and it’s a very com-plex project,” Moreira said. Shehopes the cemetery proposal

Cemetery plan not dead yetTassajara Valley group renews opposition as project moves through county review process

Ten years in the making

A hot spotburns March28 at theWest Oaklandresidentialbuilding at2551 SanPablo Ave. that had beengutted theday before bya fatal fire.

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“We have to remind people, ‘No, it’s not done yet, it’s coming back,’” said Bill Newman, with his wife, Holly. Newman is a volunteer with Friendsof Tassajara Valley, which has been waging a campaign against a 59-acre, 100,000-plot cemetery along Camino Tassajara for almost 10 years.

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