DUBLIN — A Hayward man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for killing his neighbor at the apartment complex where both men lived, court records show.

Randall “Bubba” Stoops, 35, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of 39-year-old Jose “Ox” Quevedo. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a manslaughter charge against Stoops.

On Aug. 23, 2024, Stoops stabbed Quevedo and Quevedo’s girlfriend during a heated argument that started when the couple allegedly witnessed Stoops dragging his teenage nephew into his home for breaking curfew. As the two lay on the ground bleeding, Quevedo told his girlfriend he loved her, then died a few moments later, police said.

The stabbing occurred on the 24000 block of Silva Avenue in Hayward, authorities said.

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