SAN FRANCISCO – An El Cerrito man has pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder in San Francisco of a man believed to be his romantic rival, authorities said.
Hakim Oden, 25, received a sentence of 50 years to life after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and admitting to using a gun, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement Monday. In the plea, Oden admitted to killing a San Francisco Conservation Corps employee, Jenkins said.
The killing occurred while Oden was awaiting trial for a 2016 robbery that took place at San Francisco’s Phillip Burton Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue. Jenkins said Oden pleaded guilty to that charge and was sentenced to three years in state prison to run concurrently.
According to court records, Oden committed the murder on March 25, 2019, the victim’s 19th birthday and his first day at SFCC. Oden had been sent to SFCC after the 2016 robbery.
Jenkins said Oden admitted to waiting in a car outside the SFCC location on the 200 block of 13th Street until he saw the victim with a woman Oden wanted. Jenkins said Oden followed them into the building with his hood up and his hands in his hoodie pocket, walked up behind the victim, pulled a gun and shot him execution-style in the back of the head.
Oden then fled to his car with his gun, sped out of the parking lot and fled San Francisco, Jenkins said. The California Highway Patrol arrested him after what authorities called a shooting in Riverside County. No one was injured in the shooting, the authorities say.