A 45-year-old man from Stockton was found guilty of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred outside of a Golden 1 Credit Union in Stockton in 2022, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
Laonard Alexander was convicted of killing 22-year-old Tyrique Harris on Aug. 11, 2022 and was also found guilty of a firearm enhancement, which significantly increases his potential sentence, according to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.
The day of the shooting, the Stockton Police Department was dispatched to the Golden 1 Credit Union on Pacific Avenue across the street from San Joaquin Delta College on a report of a person shot.
At the scene, Harris was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and face, prosecutors said. He died from his injuries at the scene.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, video surveillance from the bank showed that Alexander and Harris had a brief physical altercation in the parking lot prior to the shooting. Following the altercation, Harris retreated to the bank’s side, while Alexander entered the bank, completed a transaction, and then drove away.
However, Alexander returned, drove past the victim twice before parking his vehicle behind the bank. He then approached Harris from behind and shot him six times before fleeing the scene, prosecutors said.
“The shooting occurred in broad daylight while the bank was open, filled with customers and employees,” the District Attorney’s Office said in a press release.
Weeks after the shooting, a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force took Alexander into custody in San Pablo. He was transported to the San Joaquin County Main Jail in Stockton.
The District Attorney’s Office said Alexander is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 21 and could face 50 years to life in prison.