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The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has officially filed charges against a man who, on Christmas Eve, allegedly shot an individual in an apartment parking lot.
According to the criminal complaint filed by the DA’s office on Jan. 14, Hugo Peraza-Leveron, 25, is facing a premeditated attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot Francisco Hernandez-Mendez on Dec. 24.
The charge includes two special allegations of discharging a firearm that caused great bodily harm and, in doing so, caused significant, permanent damage.
The complaint stated that Hernandez-Mendez’s injuries caused him to “become comatose due to brain injury and to suffer paralysis.”
“It is further alleged … that the crime involved great violence, great bodily harm, threat of great bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness,” the criminal complaint stated.
Peraza-Leveron was arraigned on Jan. 16 and Jan. 20. He will have his plea hearing regarding the attempted murder charge Feb. 6, according to court documents.
The incident first unfolded just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 24 when police responded to reports of a shooting at Civic Square Apartments, which is located across Bernal Avenue from Pleasanton Police Department headquarters.
PPD first reported that a man was hospitalized in critical condition after having been shot following an argument over loud music. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, identified as Hernandez-Mendez, with gunshot wounds to his head and leg.
Officers at the time did not identify Peraza-Leveron as the main suspect.
Following the incident in Pleasanton, Peraza-Leveron was arrested in Livermore on Dec. 27 after allegedly attacking two men with machetes. According to Livermore Police, the victims witnessed Peraza-Leveron on their property late that night and he allegedly began swinging the machete at the two men.
Peraza-Leveron is currently being held at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail. His next court appearance regarding the Livermore incident is a pre-trail hearing set for Feb. 9.
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