Donte Green, 41, also known as Willie Williams, allegedly shot and killed Marcus Haynes during an argument at a homeless camp.
OAKLAND — A Bay Area man was ordered to stand trial last month on charges that he fatally shot an Oakland resident during an argument about a mobile phone at a homeless encampment.
Donte Green, 41, who also goes by Willie Williams, was ordered to stand trial on charges of murdering Marcus Haynes and illegally possessing a firearm. He has pleaded not guilty and remains in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on a no-bail hold. A trial date has not yet been set. At a July 13-14 preliminary hearing, police and and eyewitness testified that multiple people saw Green fatally shoot Haynes outside of a woman’s tent at an encampment on 22nd Avenue and East 12th Street in Oakland.three months later, in January 2019.
One woman, who testified she lived at the camp with her 3-year-old son, said the two started arguing about a mobile phone that was charging inside a woman’s tent, and that Green — whom she knew as “Pistol” — pulled a gun on Haynes. She said Haynes responded by saying, “if you’re going to pull that out just use it,” and that the two started fighting. She testified Green struck Haynes in the face with the gun, then shot him multiple times.
During cross-examination, the woman admitted to using methamphetamine that day and said that she only implicated Green weeks later, after she was arrested by Oakland police and taken to an interrogation room.
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