DUBLIN — A Fremont man has been convicted of murder for killing an Oakland resident during some sort of dispute with the defendant’s girlfriend, who allegedly described herself as a local “escort” during a police interview.

Darreis Buckley, 28, was convicted of second-degree murder, unlawful firearm activity and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jurors returned the verdict on Aug. 18, after a trial where Buckley testified in his own defense and his attorney argued he was attempting to defend his girlfriend from harm.

On Dec. 19, 2023, Buckley shot and killed 53-year-old Darwin Foster, of Oakland, at a home at the Granite Ridge Apartments in Fremont. His girlfriend, a then-25-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of murder but never charged, told police in an interview that

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