In re T.J. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

The Shell Station Incident On April 22, 2023 at around 2:25 a.m., T.J. and another male entered a Shell gas station in Oakland, approached the counter, and requested a gas

1 can from the attendant. When the attendant opened the side door to hand the gas can, T.J. and the other male each pointed a handgun at the attendant and forced their way into the cashier’s area. They demanded the attendant open the safe, but the attendant did not know its code. Both T.J. and the other male then hit the attendant on his face with their handguns. The two suspects opened the cash register, took $700 in cash, and fled the scene in a vehicle. The attendant sustained bruising to his face. T.J. was arrested one month later after police saw him exiting a car that was used in an armed robbery. A search of the vehicle revealed a semi- automatic pistol. The Charges On May 24, the Alameda County District Attorney filed a juvenile wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602, subd. (a))1 charging then 17- year-old T.J. with second degree robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211) (count one); assault with a firearm (id., §§ 245, subd. (a)(2)) (count two); carrying a concealed loaded firearm within a vehicle…