Crime & Safety

Police Confirm Victim ID in Derby Street Killing

Berkeley police tonight, Tuesday, confirmed that the man fatally shot on Derby Street on July 17 was Jermaine Davis, 26, who was the intended target four years earlier when his brother was gunned down on a Berkeley street.

Berkeley police have confirmed the identity of the man found fatally shot in the 1800 block on Derby Street on July 17 as Jermaine Chapman Davis, 26, of Berkeley.

The confirmation, distributed in a news release tonight, Tuesday, follows news reports the day after the shooting that the victim was Davis, younger brother of Charles Davis, who was fatally shot in 2009 by reputed gang members who had been seeking Jermaine.

Officers responding to multiple shots fired about 6:52 p.m. on July 17 found Jermaine Davis suffering from gunshot wounds on Derby. He taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

The killing came just five days after four men were sentenced to life without parole in connection with the slaying of Charles Davis, who was gunned down near 10th Street and Allston Way on May 16, 2009. Two more people were killed that night when the killers' fleeing Cadillac crashed into a Mazda in Oakland, killing the Mazda driver, 27-year-old Todd Perea of Brentwood, and a pedestrian, 41-year-old Floyd Ross of Berkeley.

The 2009 case gained national notoriety after it was featured on "America's Most Wanted." The four men convicted and sentenced on July 12 are the accused shooter Samuel Flowers, 25, Stephon Anthony, 26, of San Leandro, 30-year-old Anthony Price of Oakland and Rafael Campbell, 28.

Berkeley police urge anyone who may know anything about the crime to contact the Homicide Detail at (510) 981-5741 or the 24-hour police non-emergency number (510) 981-5900. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Bay Area Crimes Stoppers (BACS) at (800) 222-TIPS (8477). 

"Any information may be critical to solving this crime," said the news release.

It was Berkeley's second homicide this year. On Feb. 4, Zontee Jones, 34, was found fatally shot on Delaware Street between 10th Street and San Pablo Avenue at about 11 a.m. Police arrested Jevon Calland, 21, of Oakland, on June 16 in connection with the killing.

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