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Fremont: Coroner IDs man who died after apparent burglary attempt

By Tom Lochner, tlochner@bayareanewsgroup.com

Posted: 05/20/2016 05:33:35 PM PDT

Updated: 05/20/2016 06:17:39 PM PDT


FREMONT -- The Alameda County Coroner's Office has identified a man who died at a hospital Wednesday after falling ill during what police believe was a burglary attempt at an apartment complex undergoing fumigation.

Markangelo Yap, 24, whose address was still unknown as of late Friday, died at a hospital after being transported there by ambulance.

He had become ill shortly after he entered a tented area at the complex on the 39800 block of Fremont Boulevard, according to Fremont police. Officers responded about 2:22 p.m. Wednesday after a caller reported a man, since identified as Yap, lying on the ground having difficulty breathing, police said.

Yap had been detained without incident and placed in a patrol vehicle before he was evaluated and put aboard the ambulance. He was compliant, and no force was used during the investigation, according to police.


Yap's medical condition deteriorated aboard the ambulance on the way to the hospital, where he died.

OAKLAND -- A man found fatally shot Friday morning in the backyard of a Fruitvale district apartment house died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered after he robbed someone at gunpoint a short time earlier, authorities said.

He was identified by police as Jonathan C. Webb, Jr., 29, who lived in another part of Oakland.

Police said Webb is the man who robbed a person at gunpoint of undisclosed items shortly before 4 a.m. in the 1300 block of 33rd Avenue near the Fruitvale BART Station.

The person robbed was also pistol-whipped.

Police said that as Webb ran away the pistol he used discharged, wounding him in the lower part of his body.

Police said that despite bleeding profusely, Webb was able to make it a few blocks to the backyard of an apartment in the 1300 block of Fruitvale Avenue, next to a fast-food restaurant parking lot.

Police officers on a special enforcement operation in the area had been flagged down by the robbery victim and while talking to that person heard the gunshot.

Officers then began canvassing the area and soon found a blood trail that led them to where Webb had collapsed in the back yard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The gun was found near him in the yard, police said.

Fruitvale Avenue was closed until 7:30 a.m. between East 12th Street and International Boulevard while police investigated.

A man found fatally shot Friday morning in the backyard of a Fruitvale district apartment house died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered after he robbed someone at gunpoint a short time earlier, authorities said.

Is this the world’s dumbest burglar?
An entertaining video has captured what could be one of the most pathetic attempts at a break-in ever seen.
The crooks, whose faces are caught clearly on camera, are forced to leave empty handed when one cuts himself trying to break a window with his bare arm.
In the longer form of the video, uploaded on YouTube by Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, the young men are seen running around the outside of a house in San Antonio, Texas.

Gob wrote:Is this the world’s dumbest burglar?
An entertaining video has captured what could be one of the most pathetic attempts at a break-in ever seen.
The crooks, whose faces are caught clearly on camera, are forced to leave empty handed when one cuts himself trying to break a window with his bare arm.
In the longer form of the video, uploaded on YouTube by Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, the young men are seen running around the outside of a house in San Antonio, Texas.