Husband, Father Identified As San Leandro Murder Victim

SAN LEANDRO, CA — The man who was gunned down in San Leandro on Saturday while trying to sell a cell phone was married and had a 5-year-old daughter. 32-year-old Daniel Carlos of Redwood City had worked for Tesla, but was between jobs. As we enter the holidays, he was trying to get some extra money by selling the phone. That decision cost him his life.

Alameda County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly says that Carlos was killed at 1:15 in the afternoon near the Bay Fair BART station. "What's so shocking is that this was in broad daylight at one of the major intersections in Alameda County where there's a lot of vehicle and foot traffic," Kelly said.

Carlos met the suspects in the case through an online app called "letgo" on which people list items that they want to sell, Kelly said. Carlos planned to sell an iPhone but when he arrived at the arranged meeting place in unincorporated San Leandro, multiple suspects robbed him and shot him and then drove away, according to Kelly.

Investigators aren't releasing information about the suspects at this time.

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Kelly said Casey "was doing everything right" by trying to arrange the transaction at a busy location in the middle of the day and had a relative with him. "Unfortunately, the suspects were willing to kill him over a
phone," Kelly said.

The relative who was with Casey wasn't harmed.

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Kelly said people who want to buy or sell merchandise from people they meet online should do so at "safe-exchange" zones such as the parking lots of law enforcement agencies.

He said one such location is the parking lot of the sheriff's Eden Township substation in San Leandro.

If someone isn't willing to meet you at a "safe-exchange" zone, skip the transaction.

— Bay City News contributed to this report; Image via Alameda County Sheriff's Department