‘Fortunate to be alive’: Oakland murder case thrown out through plea deal

OAKLAND — It was a murder case over a showdown between two armed men who drew their guns and shot each other in a parking lot one evening last year.

One died from his wound, while the other survived only to be charged with murder. But the case didn’t stick: through a plea deal reached in March, prosecutors dismissed murder and allowed the suspect to plead no contest to a gun charge instead.

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