Federal prosecutors say a San Joaquin County man suspected of engaging in a deadly shootout inside an Oakland nightclub in March is in custody and that they’ve filed firearms-related charges against him.
In a criminal complaint filed last Friday and unsealed Thursday, U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian and ATF Special Agent in Charge John Wester allege that Jarvis Toussaint, a 40-year-old Mountain House resident, was involved in the March 7 shootout inside EZ’s Lounge. The early morning gunfire left two dead, including San Pablo teacher Latetia Bobo, and five others wounded.Â
Prosecutors have charged Toussaint with being a felon in possession of ammunition.
Toussaint, who appeared in federal court for the first time in Oakland on Wednesday, was already in federal custody for an unrelated crime, according to a press release from the U.S. Justice Department. He had been convicted of multiple felonies and was barred from having a gun or ammo.
Prosecutors say Toussaint fled after the Oakland nightclub shooting. Investigators have not found the semiautomatic pistol they believe Toussaint used but have recovered the spent shell casings from rounds they say he fired, according to the press release.
Investigators with the Oakland Police Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives said they identified Toussaint with the aid of surveillance footage, automated license plate readers, car dealership records, Instagram videos, cell phone location data, and DNA analysis.
Toussaint remains in custody and is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Ajay Krishnan at the Oakland federal courthouse Tuesday. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Bobo, a 33-year-old English/language arts teacher at Caliber Beta Academy, and Markise Martin, a 25-year-old Stockton father, died in the shooting. It has been reported that Martin had argued with another person before gunfire was exchanged.
Days later, city officials ordered that EZ’s Lounge, which had been hosting unpermitted, late-night events, be shut down.
Bobo was an aspiring musician, according to her social media profiles, and was described by her family as “beautifully brilliant.”
She had been planning a school trip to Washington, D.C., and New York before she was killed.
