OAKLAND — The man accused of fatally shooting Officer Joshua Byrd last week in East Oakland had been told to leave the building prior to the deadly encounter, after showing up a day late to meet with his parole officer, according to court documents released Monday.
Bryan Keith Hall, 48, was charged Monday with murder in the killing of Byrd, a 40-year-old parole officer, who was shot dead on Thursday inside a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation building.
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Alameda County prosecutors filed 10 counts against Hall, including robbery charges stemming from an alleged hold-up on a transit bus after the shooting, court documents show.
Hall also faces a special circumstance enhancement, which could leave him in prison for life without the possibility of parole, if he’s convicted at trial. The sentencing enhancement is tied to the fact that Byrd was working as a police officer at the time of his death.
Authorities claim Hall missed a meeting with his parole agent on Wednesday, a day before the shooting, according to the court documents.
When he showed up Thursday to the office on Edgewater Drive, he signed in at about 12:40 p.m. but was told to leave, because his parole officer was not there, the documents show.
At some point after that, Byrd was shot and Hall was seen fleeing the building and holding a gun, according to court documents. Authorities offered no clues Monday about what immediately proceeded the shooting, why Byrd was shot or what the agent had been doing prior to the shooting.
Surveillance footage later showed Hall running outside the building and onto an AC Transit bus, where authorities suspect he robbed a passenger, the court files show. He got off in another part of East Oakland and was seen on a home doorbell camera taking off an orange safety vest, according to the documents.
Hall was arrested near 90th Avenue and International Boulevard, according to Oakland police. Authorities later found a gun with the orange vest in a dumpster near where the doorbell camera had spotted him running down the street, the records show.
Hall remained held Monday without bail at Santa Rita Jail. An arraignment was scheduled for Monday afternoon.
Byrd became a parole agent in October, after having worked for about 10 years as a correctional officer and sergeant at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. His death marks the first on-duty killing of a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer in seven years.
Check back for updates to this developing story.
