Woman fatally shot walking dog in San Leandro, suspect later arrested
SAN LEANDRO A woman walking her dogs with her boyfriend was fatally shot Thursday night and a suspect was later arrested in Dublin police reported Friday The boyfriend and the dogs were not injured police declared It was the second time in new weeks that a person walking their dog was shot and killed in San Leandro Related Articles Bicycle gunman wounds man in Oakland Oakland UPS driver convicted of manslaughter not murder after trial where judge was accused of racial bias East Bay man arrested on van theft charges after leading police on multicounty pursuit ending in San Francisco East Bay police on alert for a workable large youth gathering on Friday Executives identify slain parole agent suspected gunman in East Oakland shooting The shooting happened about p m Thursday near the intersection of East th Street and Williams Street Arriving officers exposed the unresponsive woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound to her torso She was transported to a local hospital but later succumbed to her injuries No information was at once published about the woman including her age and place of residence The preliminary examination revealed the victim and her boyfriend were walking their dogs in the block of East th Street when a bus pulled over near them The suspect exited the motorcycle and accosted the couple After a brief interaction the suspect drew a firearm and shot the victim once in the torso The suspect then got back into his car and fled the scene Police noted in a news release that investigators learned through law enforcement channels that Dublin police had made an arrest in their jurisdiction just before midnight involving a suspect in possession of a firearm The circumstances leading up to that arrest and the descriptions of the arrestee and his motorcycle closely matched those from the San Leandro homicide the release reported but no other details were provided Following up on this lead San Leandro detectives were able to develop more evidence and ultimately place -year-old Rohith Sunil of San Jose under arrest on suspicion of murder the release stated He is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail In the release police revealed the San Leandro Police Department would like to express our immense appreciation for the police work and intelligence-sharing by the Dublin Police Department which enabled us to swiftly bring a homicide suspect to justice In the release police declared they recognize the parallels between this affair and last month s murder of another victim walking his dog and we acknowledge the residents safety concerns this may raise within the population Our research thus far has identified no connection between the two homicides or between the persons of interest arrested in each situation We have also discovered no basis to believe they are part of a mounting pattern While an arrest has been made police continued to urge anyone with additional information regarding this killing to contact police via any of the following methods Detective C Pricco at - - anonymous tip line at - - or Text-to-Tip at keyword TipSLPolice This is a emerging assessment Check back for updates
