OAKLAND — A man who has now been arrested twice in connection with an October homicide — but avoided murder charges — is back in jail facing accusations he possessed a stolen gun, court records show.
Donald Parks, 30, was charged Jan. 18 with four felonies and a misdemeanor related to his alleged possession of a stolen firearm on Jan. 16, when he was arrested on a Ramey warrant in the Oct. 2 fatal shooting of Anthony Sneede. Parks also faces new charges of violating his parole in an assault case that stemmed from a fatal shootout in 2013.
For Parks, this is the second time since October he’s faced legal problems for alleged gun possession. He was arrested hours after Sneede was shot and killed in Oakland, after police identified a car he was driving as possibly involved in the homicide and pursued it from Oakland to Pleasant Hill. Police took him into custody after he crashed his car into multiple patrol vehicles, authorities said at the time.
After that incident, Parks was charged with a parole violation and received 90 days in jail, court records show. This time, parole officers have recommended a sentence of 180 days, separate from whatever he receives if he’s convicted in the gun case.
Last August, Parks was released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon during a shootout at a First Friday event in Uptown Oakland in February 2013. During that incident, an unidentified gunman shot and killed 18-year-old Kiante Ty Campbell, who was a friend of Parks, police said at the time.
Parks told police that the shooting started after Campbell bumped into another man and threats were exchanged. Parks said Campbell pointed a .22-caliber gun into the man’s face and tried to shoot, but the gun jammed. But he was able to fire several shots after Campbell was killed, according to testimony at his preliminary hearing.
Parks remains in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, and is next due in court on Feb. 13.