Oakland, CA — On Monday, May 4, 2015 Oakland Police Department homicide investigators arrested Vicente Prado-Rodriguez, 19, and Cinthia Gabriel-Martinez, 19, for the murder of 38-year-old Basilio Ramirez. The victim and both assailants lived in Oakland. At this time, we are not releasing photos of Prado-Rodriguez and Gabriel-Martinez. Investigators are still identifying additional witnesses.
Yesterday, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged Prado-Rodriguez and Gabriel-Martinez with special circumstance murder because the homicide was committed during a robbery.
Besides the murder count, Prado-Rodriguez and Gabriel-Martinez are charged with an armed robbery in the 5000 block of International Boulevard that occurred minutes before Ramirez was murdered.
Background: On May 3, 2015, at about 9:21 PM Basilio Ramirez was shot and killed outside his home in the 1500 block of 39th Avenue.
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