Suspect allegedly laughed before firing fatal shot in killing of San Leandro dog walker

SAN LEANDRO A man who allegedly laughed before firing a fatal gunshot has been charged with murder and other crimes in the July slaying of a woman as she was walking her dogs with her boyfriend according to court documents and government The suspect also allegedly petitioned the couple if they were gang members before the shooting the documents say The suspect Rohith Sunil of San Jose was charged Monday with murder assault with a semi-automatic firearm and carrying a loaded firearm in citizens He was being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail and was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning Court documents identified the victim as Casey Lyn Way Police explained the suspect did not know her or her boyfriend According to the documents Way and her boyfriend whose name was not disclosed were walking their two dogs about p m July in the area of East th and Williams streets when a Mercedes pulled up and a man later identified as Sunil who was wearing a black ski mask and dark clothing got out According to the documents he appealed them if he was in Oakland and then urged for directions on how to get to San Jose which Way tried to get him on her phone After noticing Way was wearing a red bandana he urged if she was in a gang which both she and her boyfriend denied the documents say The documents say Sunil then pulled a black pistol and pointed it at the couple As they backed away Sunil allegedly laughed before firing one shot that hit Way in the torso before getting back into his van and speeding away the documents say A mm live round and shell casing were unveiled at the scene Related Articles Two discovered fatally shot in Oakland apartment Oakland July th party guest allegedly stood over host and shot him repeatedly Bay Area man sentenced to life for strangling man to death with dog choke chain during robbery Pacifica man sentenced for role in Solano County murder California man on trial for murder allegedly sold gun to minor who used it to kill victim during robbery attempt Way died later at a hospital Her boyfriend and their dogs were not injured According to the documents Sunil then drove to Dublin where a man called police to summary his motorcycle was being followed by a Mercedes Police informed him to drive to police headquarters which he did with Sunil still following him Police confronted Sunil still dressed in all black in his car at the station and a mm pistol fell out of his waistband the documents say The gun turned out to have been stolen in Berkeley A black ski mask was also identified in the conveyance When San Leandro police heard of the arrest and the similarities in the description of the car and the suspect and the recovered gun to their shooting they were able to develop more evidence that led to him being arrested in the killing of Way