Man Ordered To Stand Trial For Fatal 2015 Shooting Of Dublin Man

A judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to have a West Oakland man stand trial on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of a Dublin man during an attempted robbery in downtown Oakland in November 2015. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Allan Hymer issued his ruling at the end of a preliminary hearing for Damion Dupclay, 25, for the shooting death of Jonathan Josiah Orbeton, 39, in the 1600 block of 18th Street near Martin Luther King Jr. Way at 2:37 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2015.

Several of Orbeton's family members attended the hearing, which lasted about a day and a half, and cried when there was testimony and evidence about his death. In addition to murder, Dupclay is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and evading an officer for fleeing from police when they tried to pull him over.

Investigators allege that Dupclay shot Orbeton while he was trying to rob him. The shooting wasn't reported until just after 3 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2015, when a passerby told Oakland firefighters a man in his 30s was down
under a streetlight, police said. Officers arrived 12 minutes later.

Investigators reviewed surveillance video of the crime and saw Dupclay's car fleeing the area, police said. The car was spotted later that day but Dupclay fled, leading police on a pursuit to the corner of 14th and Wood streets in West Oakland. He got out of the car and ran, but officers caught him quickly. They found a .40-caliber gun in his car that matched the casings found at the crime scene, police said.

Oakland police said that after Dupclay was arrested, he confessed to killing Orbeton. Dupclay is being held without bail at the Santa Rita Jail. He's scheduled to return to court on April 4 to have a trial date set.

By Bay City News

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