Woman fatally shot walking dog in San Leandro, suspect later arrested

SAN LEANDRO A woman walking her dogs with her boyfriend was fatally shot Thursday night and a suspect was later arrested in Dublin police mentioned Friday The boyfriend and the dogs were not injured police announced It was the second time in current weeks that a person walking their dog was shot and killed in San Leandro Related Articles Bicycle gunman wounds man in Oakland Oakland UPS driver convicted of manslaughter not murder after trial where judge was accused of racial bias East Bay man arrested on truck theft charges after leading police on multicounty pursuit ending in San Francisco East Bay police on alert for a accomplishable large youth gathering on Friday Personnel identify slain parole agent suspected gunman in East Oakland shooting The shooting happened about p m Thursday near the intersection of East th Street and Williams Street Arriving officers identified the unresponsive woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound to her torso She was transported to a local hospital but later succumbed to her injuries No information was this instant distributed about the woman including her age and place of residence The preliminary probe revealed the victim and her boyfriend were walking their dogs in the block of East th Street when a car pulled over near them The suspect exited the van and accosted the couple After a brief interaction the suspect drew a firearm and shot the victim once in the torso The suspect then got back into his car and fled the scene Police mentioned in a news release that investigators learned through law enforcement channels that Dublin police had made an arrest in their jurisdiction just before midnight involving a suspect in possession of a firearm The circumstances leading up to that arrest and the descriptions of the arrestee and his automobile closely matched those from the San Leandro homicide the release commented but no other details were provided Following up on this lead San Leandro detectives were able to develop more evidence and ultimately place -year-old Rohith Sunil of San Jose under arrest on suspicion of murder the release commented He is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail In the release police mentioned the San Leandro Police Department would like to express our immense appreciation for the police work and intelligence-sharing by the Dublin Police Department which enabled us to swiftly bring a homicide suspect to justice In the release police commented they recognize the parallels between this occurrence and last month s murder of another victim walking his dog and we acknowledge the citizens safety concerns this may raise within the region Our inquiry thus far has discovered no connection between the two homicides or between the defendants arrested in each incident We have also uncovered no basis to believe they are part of a mounting pattern While an arrest has been made police continued to urge anyone with additional information regarding this killing to contact police via any of the following methods Detective C Pricco at - - anonymous tip line at - - or Text-to-Tip at keyword TipSLPolice This is a growing analysis Check back for updates