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I do hope they go after the death penalty. This was clearly pre meditated murder of 3 people.

On January 4, 2019, just before 9 p.m., 21-year-old Vallejo resident Gino Houchins was fatally shot in West Oakland in a deliberate attack on the 1000 block of Center Street near the West Oakland BART Station. Houchins and 29-year-old Marcus Fuller Jr. were inside a parked car when a gunman opened fire; 31-year-old Dante Johnson was outside the vehicle and also killed. Police described the shooting as premeditated, but the motive was not clear.

No immediate arrests were reported at the scene. Later, 26-year-old Antonio Durant, an ex-felon with five prior felony convictions, was arrested after a high-speed chase that ended with a crash into a power pole; surveillance footage and DNA evidence tied him to the scene. Durant was charged with three counts of murder and additional counts including shooting at an occupied vehicle and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm, with special circumstances of multiple murders noted.

The Oakland Police Department and Crime Stoppers of Oakland offered a reward for information leading to further arrests. Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew Gino and the other victims?