MONTCLAIR, CA. (THECOUNT) — Shuo Zeng has been identified as the man who was killed while trying to retrieve a laptop after it was stolen by force at an Oakland Starbucks.
The family of Zeng, 34, on the way to the United States from China, reports ABC7.
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According to charging documents, the two suspects arrested in the case have been identified as 22-year-old Byron Reed and 21-year-old Javon Eugene Lee.
Reed faces multiple charges including murder. He has a previous conviction on robbery in San Francisco.
Lee is facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Prosecutors say Reed was the driver of the getaway vehicle and as Zeng tried chase after the suspects, there was a struggle.
They say Zeng was hit by the vehicle as the suspects escaped from the scene at the Starbucks in Oakland’s Montclair neighborhood.
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Geo quick facts: Montclair is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, United States. Montclair is located along the western slope of the Oakland Hills from a valley formed by the Hayward Fault to the upper ridge of the hills – Wikipedia.