Oakland man charged with shooting Newark gang members based on prison calls
NEWARK A young man with a pending gun incident has been charged with shooting members of local Norte o subsets court records show Xavier Medina of Oakland was charged with two counts of attempted murder and multiple shooting counts according to court records He is being held without bail and is next due in court on May to enter a plea records show Related Articles Trio pleads guilty to series of Bay Area bank robberies East Bay youth killed another wounded in shooting Early morning Oakland shooting leaves man dead Oakland bicyclist dead following hit-and-run DA dismisses sex abuse development against fired Oakland lecturer Medina was out on bail in a pending gun episode when he was arrested earlier this month records show He is charged with shootings in December and February targeting alleged members of Norte o subsets based in Newark But police say he is also a suspect in a shooting that targeted the mother of his child whom he complained to his imprisoned father of having him set up according to court records Administration say that Medina s recorded prison calls with his dad are among the the majority incriminating evidence In them Medina allegedly made subtle references to having committed shootings including telling his father I didn t start it and later stating I don t want to be in the mix but I m not no punk That s what I m not Medina mentioned that his granny s home was shot up earlier in at least one of the calls agents noted Police later searched his phone and detected a note containing writings referencing shooting times and sending a man to the hospital according to court records Police raided Medina s home in January in connection with the December shooting of a suspected gang member who was struck in the leg and with shooting his ex s home in an instance where no one was struck In a subsequent police interview he allegedly admitted to shooting the gang member who was identified by police as one of defendants in a massive East Bay auto theft ring court records show After being charged with guns revealed during a raid of his home last January Medina posted bail was distributed from jail and committed another shooting in late February prosecutors mentioned In another conversation with his father Medina allegedly complained that the man he allegedly targeted in February a -year-old East Bay and Merced County resident had fled the area at his mother s urging out of fear that the victim was gonna pass away if Medina discovered him In March the man was killed in a head-on collision in Merced County personnel announced Medina allegedly recounted all this to his father and explained that the man s loved ones were angry about it And now they re putting the blame on me bruh he allegedly informed his father So they came here looking for me
