Oakland, CA —Oakland Police Department homicide investigators worked with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in charging Carlton Broussard, 29, with two counts of murder for the double homicide of Marcus Sims, 29, and Donald Ray Ward Jr., 22. Broussard is one of several suspected gunmen in the shooting of Sims and Ward. Investigators continue to identify other persons of interest in the case.
OPD homicide investigators worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which assisted in the March 21, 2015 arrest of Broussard in Middleburg, Florida. He was recently extradited to California.
Besides the murder counts, Broussard is charged with an armed robbery committed with two others on January 25, 2015 in Brentwood.
Background: On January 20, 2015, at about 5:25 PM Marcus Sims and Donald Ray Ward Jr. were shot and killed as they sat in a parked van in the 1600 block of 10th Street.
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