Details emerge about suspected gunman in Oakland parole agent killing

OAKLAND — The 48-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a parole agent Thursday in East Oakland was released from jail just months earlier for a random 2022 stabbing near Lake Merritt where witnesses said he had been mumbling and talking to himself before the attack.

New details began to emerge Friday about Bryan Keith Hall, the Oakland man authorities say shot and killed a parole agent inside a state corrections office in East Oakland. The death of Joshua Byrd, 40, marked the first on-duty...