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A judge released an Oakland man with a pending murder charge. Now he’s a fugitive in a new killing
['Nate Gartrell']
The Mercury News
OAKLAND — Months after a judge praised an Oakland murder defendant as a “wonderful young man” and released him from jail, police in Stanislaus County have publicly identified him as an “armed and dangerous” fugitive who allegedly killed a man last month.
But then came September, when Reed was first wounded in a shootout almost identical to the one that led to his Oakland murder case.
Just 10 days later, he allegedly shot and killed a man on Sept. 19 in Riverbank in Stanislaus County, records show.
Police say Reed and two other men began firing at one another, killing Payne, a bystander, in the process.
At the time of Reed’s arrest last year, Oakland police said he was known to sell marijuana near the store.