Crime & Safety

Man Wanted In Fatal East Bay Shooting: Police

Jeffrey Kendall, 36, is wanted for homicide and should be considered armed and dangerous, Pinole police said.

Jeffrey Kendall was identified as the suspect in a homicide Friday in Pinole. He is white, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has brown hair. He was driving a gray Hyundai Elantra sedan with CA license plate number 8BLM036.
Jeffrey Kendall was identified as the suspect in a homicide Friday in Pinole. He is white, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has brown hair. He was driving a gray Hyundai Elantra sedan with CA license plate number 8BLM036. (Pinole Police Department)

PINOLE, CA — Police identified a man wanted in connection with a homicide Friday in Pinole.

The Pinole Police Department received a report around 8:45 a.m. Friday about a person who broke into a house in the 500 block of Summit Drive and attacked a woman.

Officers from the Pinole and Hercules police departments responded and found a woman dead inside the home. She suffered from at least one gunshot wound.

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Officers did not find anyone else in the house.

As officers launched an investigation that included a neighborhood canvas, a witness identified the suspect as Jeffrey Kendall, a 36-year-old man who is associated with the house.

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Kendall was captured on video fleeing the area and was seen leaving in a gray 2013 Hyundai Elantra, police said.

He is wanted in connection with the homicide and should be considered armed and dangerous, police said late Friday.

Kendall is white, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has brown hair and was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, dark pants and a baseball hat.

His four-door gray Hyundai has a California license plate number 8BLM036 and an "Oxmoor Hyundai" sticker on the right side of the trunk lid.

Police urged anyone with information about his whereabouts to call 510-724-1111 or 911.

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