{"slug": "feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire", "title": "Feds give blow-by-blow account of how Oakland’s EZ Lounge erupted in gunfire", "summary": "Federal prosecutors released a detailed account of a 2026 mass shooting at Oakland's EZ Lounge, alleging that Jarvis Toussaint, 38, shot and killed Markise Martin, 25, after a confrontation, while Martin's return fire killed bystander Latetia Bobo, 33, and wounded five others. Toussaint faces federal ammunition possession charges, and the complaint relies on surveillance footage showing him donning a mask before the shootout.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...OAKLAND — Just a half-hour before he allegedly shot and killed a man inside a local after-hours lounge, 38-year-old Jarvis Toussaint pulled up outside in a BMW, golden chains around his neck, wearing a baseball cap that would later tie him to the shooting, according to court records.\n\nIt was a festive atmosphere inside the EZ Lounge on 14th Street, with music drinks, and dozens of attendees packing the place after a First Fridays even the prior night. But at 3:31 a.m., the mood seemed to shift; Toussaint removed his white San Francisco Giants hat, pulled a balaclava mask over his face, and put the cap back on, according to court records.\n\nLess than a minute later, the club would [erupt in a shootout between Toussaint and 25-year-old Markise Martin](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/14/feds-charge-suspected-oakland-nightclub-gunman-after-da-declined-mass-shooting-case/), resulting in the deaths of Martin and 33-year-old Latetia “Teesh” Bobo and nonfatal gunshot wounds to five people. The criminal complaint against Toussaint, who fires ammunition possession charges in federal court, now gives the public its clearest look at the shooting yet, relying a frame-by-frame review of interior surveillance cameras that captured the entire thing.\n\nThe complaint says that within 30 seconds of Toussaint pulling a mask over his face, Marin began to gesture towards him, sparking a confrontation that quickly escalated into gunfire. It says Martin briefly turned away from Toussaint as the two men approached one another, then turned to face him with his right arm tucked into his arm pit, hidden from Toussaint’s view, according to prosecutors.\n\nMartin then shoved Toussaint with his left arm. The 38-year-old — who served time in prison for allegedly plotting to rob a cocaine dealer’s home — would respond by pulling a semi-automatic pistol and shooting Martin seven times, then fleeing to a complimentary BMW service vehicle he’d received from an autobody shop, according to court records.\n\nToussaint was outgunned that night, but still escaped injury. As he fell to the ground, mortally wounded from the gunfire, Martin pulled a Glock pistol with a 22-round magazine, which had been illegally modified to fire fully automatic. He sprayed “sustained bursts” of gunfire, emptying the entire 22-round magazine in Martin’s direction, missing him but killing Bobo as she and others ran for cover, authorities said.\n\nBobo, an artist and San Pablo middle school teacher, had come to the lounge after [hanging out in downtown Oakland with friends](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/03/24/oakland-mass-shooting-laetitia-bobo-victim/). She had nothing to do with the confrontation and there’s no indication she knew either man, according to police. Her death agonized the Caliber Beta Academy where [she taught 8th graders](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/03/07/victim-in-oakland-mass-shooting-identified-as-incredible-8th-grade-teacher/).\n\nMartin attempted to drag himself out of the club but succumbed to his injuries inside the building, according to the criminal complaint. Oakland police were inside the lounge by 3:35 a.m., less than three minutes after the first shots were fired, but weren’t able to resuscitate Martin or Bobo. Five others who suffered gunshot wounds survived.\n\nThe police response would reveal that at least one other person brought a gun to the EZ Lounge that night; outside, officers noticed a man with a “gun shaped bulge” in his pants and attempted to detain him. He fled, but dropped a pistol with a 22-round magazine, but ballistics tests revealed it didn’t match either weapon fired inside, authorities said.\n\nAs for Toussaint, while he got away from the club unscathed, his Giants had was left behind. A DNA test would later confirm he was its owner, according to the criminal complaint. The gun allegedly used by Toussaint has not been recovered.\n\nNeither the surveillance nor any eyewitness indicated there were any other shooters besides Martin or Toussaint, the complaint says. The Alameda County District Attorney’s office declined to charge Toussaint with murder or manslaughter, not confident they’d be able to overcome a self-defense legal theory, authorities said.\n\nToussaint, in custody over the federal case, isn’t due in court again until late July. He’s legally barred from having guns or ammunition due to multiple prior felony convictions, including a 2013 federal case that involved Toussaint and others plotting to rob a cocaine stash house. But Toussaint’s attorney in that case described it as an overbearing sting operation concocted by law enforcement, after they turned a “successful, widely-respected Oakland drug dealer” into an ATF snitch, who came to Toussaint with the proposed robbery plot.\n\nIn 2021, he was convicted of gun possession, but his lawyer said he only had the gun due to his work as a youth mentor. A defense sentencing memo said Toussaint took the firearm from a youngster because Toussaint “was worried the young man was going to shoot someone.”\n\nToussaint faces up to 15 years in federal prison if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/16/feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire/", "published_at": "2026-06-16 19:03:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 19:21:59.084883+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Jarvis Toussaint", "Markise Martin", "Latetia Bobo", "EZ Lounge", "Oakland", "San Francisco Giants", "Caliber Beta Academy", "Glock"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/feds-give-blow-by-blow-account-of-how-oaklands-ez-lounge-erupted-in-gunfire.jsonld"}}