MURDER CHARGES FILED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN KILLED IN SAN LEANDRO
Charges Include Gun and Great Bodily Injury Enhancements
July 9, 2025
Oakland, CA — Today, District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed murder charges against Andre Thomas Williams (49) for the deadly shooting of Ryan Montgomery Christie (47).
The complaint alleges that on June 13, 2025, Mr. Williams shot and killed Ryan Montgomery Christie. Mr. Williams is further alleged to have personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, causing the death of the victim. In addition, Mr. Williams is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The complaint includes enhancements for the use of the firearm and the infliction of great bodily injury upon Ryan Montgomery Christie.
Andre Thomas Williams is currently being held without bail. He waived his arraignment today and is scheduled to appear for a plea hearing on Monday, July 14, 2025, in Department 702 at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.
This is the first homicide in San Leandro in 2025.
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DA URSULA JONES DICKSON CHARGES MAN WITH FELONY GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WHILE INTOXICATED IN DEADLY FREEWAY COLLISION
July 1, 2025
Oakland, CA — District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced today that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed felony charges against Emmanuel Gonzalez Mendoza (34).
On Friday, June 27, 2025, at approximately 3:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers from the Oakland Area Office responded to a report of a multi-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 80 eastbound, near Buchanan Street in Alameda County. Upon arrival, officers discovered a three-vehicle crash, which tragically resulted in the death of one driver. Mr. Gonzalez Mendoza is alleged to be the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash. It is further alleged that at the time he was driving, Mr. Mendoza had an excessive amount of alcohol in his system and that he was driving under the influence of alcohol, causing the tragic death of the victim in this case.
Mr. Gonzalez Mendoza has been charged with the following felony offenses: gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
“Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of the victim whose life was tragically cut short by this senseless act,” said District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson.
Emmanuel Gonzalez Mendoza will be arraigned July 1, 2025, in Department 112 of the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
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