Police arrest man in slaying in Oakland's Chinatown last month

Oakland police on Friday announced an arrest in a slaying last month downtown.   

Reddick Mickle, 46, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Oakland for the April 26 slaying in the 300 block of 10th St.   

Police said Mickle killed a yet-to-be-identified male victim around 7:30 a.m. on that date. Officers found the victim that morning with trauma to his head. The victim died where officers located him, according to police.   

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Mickle is being held in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and is expected to enter a plea June 9 at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.

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