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One group came to Oakland for drinking and dining, another for ‘bipping’ and boosting. It ended in murder.

Summary by The Mercury News
OAKLAND — A Pinole resident has been convicted of murdering a man who was out with friends for a night of dining and drinking when they happened upon a group who’d come to Oakland to break into cars, court records show. Patrick Rushing, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for intentional discharge of a gun in the Feb. 26, 2023 killing of 44-year-old Phoutsamay “Phil” Norawong. The prelude to murder started months earlie…

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One group came to Oakland for drinking and dining, another for ‘bipping’ and boosting. It ended in murder.

OAKLAND — A Pinole resident has been convicted of murdering a man who was out with friends for a night of dining and drinking when they happened upon a group who’d come to Oakland to break into cars, court records show. Patrick Rushing, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for intentional discharge of a gun in the Feb. 26, 2023 killing of 44-year-old Phoutsamay “Phil” Norawong. The prelude to murder started months earlie…

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The Mercury news broke the news in San Jose, United States on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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