Darnell Williams, 25, is accused of the killings of 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine during a sleepover at an East Oakland home on July 17, 2013, then 22-year-old Anthony Medearis in Berkeley in an unrelated shooting seven weeks later. In his opening statement this morning in Williams' trial, prosecutor John Brouhard said, "You'll see the aftermath of this defendant's rampage."
Brouhard said the shooting at an apartment in the 3400 block of Wilson Street at about 11:15 p.m., which claimed Alaysha's life, wounded two other children and a 63-year-old woman, was in retaliation for the shooting death of 26-year-old Jermaine Davis in the 1800 block of Derby Street in Berkeley about four hours earlier.
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In addition to two counts of murder for the deaths of Alaysha and Medearis, Williams is charged with three counts of attempted murder for the shooting on July 17, 2013. Williams also faces three special circumstance allegations: committing multiple murders, lying in wait in the shooting that claimed Alaysha's life and killing Medearis during the course of an attempted robbery.