OAKLAND — A man with eight felony convictions has been charged with attempted murder in the random stabbing Monday of another man in the Lakeshore retail area, according to court records and authorities.
Bryan Hall, 46, was arraigned Wednesday and is now scheduled to enter a plea on Dec. 5. He was arrested Monday shortly after the attack and is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail.
The 35-year-old victim, who was stabbed in the neck, has been released from a hospital and continues to recover. Police have said he did not know the suspect.
The stabbing happened about 11:20 a.m. Monday in the 3200 block of Lakeshore Avenue, in one of the city’s busiest retail areas.
Police said the victim was sitting down having a cup of coffee when the suspect approached him and stabbed him in the neck without warning or provocation.
The suspect then ran off but was arrested by police a few blocks away in the 400 block of Lake Park Avenue.
A knife used in the stabbing was recovered.
According to court records, Hall has eight felony convictions between 1996 and 2017 in Alameda, Contra Costa and Stanislaus counties, and served prison terms for all of them.
Among them are a second-degree robbery conviction in Alameda County in 1996, and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, unlawful taking of a vehicle and evading police in Stanislaus County in November 2017. The other convictions are for drug offenses and vehicle theft and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Source: www.mercurynews.com