After early release in manslaughter case, Oakland man charged with ‘trap spot’ shooting

OAKLAND — Less than a year after Alameda County agreed to his release from prison in an abrupt turnabout, a local resident has been charged with nine felonies in connection with a recent shooting.

Roland Randall, 44, allegedly accused the victim of bringing police to his “trap spot” — a slang term for a place used for drug sales — before opening fire at the man on the 2300 block of San Pablo Avenue in Oakland. He was arrested at the same location six weeks after the Feb. 10 shooting, on a fugitive warrant...