Maijji Ahmad Jackson, 33, is being held without bail on suspicion of murder and burglary at Santa Rita Jail.
OAKLAND — A suspect has been arrested in the Jan. 29 fatal shooting of rapper Too Short’s older brother, and additional suspects are being sought, police announced Friday.
The suspect, 33-year-old Maijji Ahmad Jackson, is being held without bail on suspicion of murder and burglary at Santa Rita Jail.
As of Friday morning, he had not yet been formally charged in the killing and is due to be arraigned in court on Wednesday.
Police have not said what led them to arrest Jackson.
Police did not provide details on the suspects still being sought.
Jackson was arrested Thursday in Oakland in the killing of Wayne Shaw, 61, who was shot multiple times around 7 a.m. Jan. 29 during an attempted burglary at a marijuana grow building in the 1200 block of 49th Avenue.
Shaw’s involvement with the weed grow has not been confirmed.
He was inside the building when a vehicle rammed the building to get inside, police said. He was shot when he came outside and died later at a hospital.
He was the older brother of Todd Anthony Shaw, an Oakland rapper known as Too Short who began his career in the 1980s selling cassettes on the streets of Oakland. He eventually struck it big with “Born to Mack” in 1987 and “Life is… Too Short” the following year — albums that were certified gold and twice-platinum, respectively.
The city named an East Oakland street after Too Short in late 2022.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
OAKLAND — A suspect has been arrested in the Jan. 29 fatal shooting of rapper Too Short’s older brother, and additional suspects are being sought, police announced Friday.
The suspect, 33-year-old Maijji Ahmad Jackson, is being held without bail on suspicion of murder and burglary at Santa Rita Jail.
As of Friday morning, he had not yet been formally charged in the killing and is due to be arraigned in court on Tuesday..
Police have not said what led them to arrest Jackson.
Police did not provide details on the suspects still being sought.
Jackson was arrested Thursday in Oakland in the killing of Wayne Shaw, 61, who was shot multiple times around 7 a.m. Jan. 29 during an attempted burglary at a marijuana grow building in the 1200 block of 49th Avenue.
Shaw’s involvement with the weed grow has not been confirmed.
He was inside the building when a vehicle rammed the building to get inside, police said. He was shot when he came outside and died later at a hospital.
He was the older brother of Todd Anthony Shaw, an Oakland rapper known as Too Short who began his career in the 1980s selling cassettes on the streets of Oakland. He eventually struck it big with “Born to Mack” in 1987 and “Life is… Too Short” the following year — albums that were certified gold and twice-platinum, respectively.
The city named an East Oakland street after Too Short in late 2022.
According to court records and previous media reports, Jackson was charged with murder for an October 2009 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man during a sideshow in the 4300 block of Foothill Boulevard in East Oakland. No other details about the shooting were immediately available.
Jackson was arrested a year later and in a plea deal with prosecutors, he pleaded no contest and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in November 2011 and in January 2012 was sentenced to seven years in prison, according to court records. He was out of prison by 2017 and has had some parole violations since, the records say.
Check back for updates on this developing story.