OAKLAND — A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a recent Oakland shooting, court records show.
Donald Palmer, of Oakland, was charged with murder in the shooting death of 37-year-old Dejuan Davis, who was killed on Nov. 14, near Madison and 14th Streets. Palmer is in Santa Rita Jail and cannot be bailed out, records show.
Police say they identified Palmer from surveillance footage in the area of the shooting. Also, four days after Davis was killed, police arrested Palmer and a 35-year-old man after the two were seen in a car that Davis’ killer reportedly used, according to court records. A firearm was found inside the vehicle.
The 35-year-old man was later released from jail without charges. Palmer was held for several days longer, released, then re-arrested Dec. 17, after prosecutors charged him with murder.
Investigators received a tip that the homicide was over an argument involving a $500 theft. Palmer is set to enter a plea in January at his next court date.
This is the second time over the past 12 months that Palmer’s name has come up in a homicide investigation. In December 2023, Palmer was arrested on suspicion of murder in the August 2024 shooting death of Baltazar Alcaraz. Palmer allegedly attempted to evade police, who used a spike strip to disable a stolen car he was driving, authorities said in court records.
Palmer not charged with murdering Alcaraz and later pleaded no contest to violating his probation in connection with the police chase, records show. Alcaraz was shot and killed Aug. 24, 2023, at an encampment on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. Police said at the time that it appeared the suspect was intending to shoot another person.
On Dec. 29, 2023, police attempted to pull over Palmer in San Leandro, and ended up chasing him all the way to Oakland, according to court records.