San Joaquin County Man Charged With Felon-in-Possession of Ammunition in Oakland Nightclub Shooting

OAKLAND — Jarvis Toussaint, a San Joaquin County resident already in federal custody on an unrelated offense, appeared in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on May 13, 2026, to face a charge of being a felon in possession of ammunition connected to a fatal shooting at an Oakland nightclub.

The single-count complaint alleges Toussaint, previously convicted of a felony, possessed ammunition used in the nightclub incident. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California brought the case under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits convicted felons from possessing any ammunition or firearm that has traveled in interstate commerce.

Scope of the charge centers on one defendant in one incident, yet it activates standard federal firearms enforcement procedures that apply to an estimated 250,000 prior felons on supervised release or probation nationwide who remain subject to the same prohibition.

The statute carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for a first-time offender under § 922(g), with potential sentencing enhancements if the ammunition links to a homicide.

The charging document shifts the case from local Oakland police investigation to active federal prosecution. Sentencing will now follow federal guidelines that treat ammunition possession by a felon as a distinct offense even when state charges exist for the underlying shooting.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives must complete its trace of the ammunition’s manufacturer and distribution path, a step required in every § 922(g) prosecution.

Downstream, the Northern District of California must schedule further proceedings including possible plea negotiations or trial. If convicted, Toussaint’s federal sentence will run consecutively or concurrently with any sentence from the unrelated offense for which he is already detained, per standard Department of Justice coordination between districts.

The ruling also obligates the court to consider the fatal shooting as relevant conduct at sentencing under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 1B1.3.

This prosecution follows the Department of Justice’s routine use of § 922(g) charges to address gun violence in California cities. The statute originated in the Gun Control Act of 1968 and has been enforced continuously since the 1990s in federal districts covering Oakland and Stockton.

The May 13, 2026, initial appearance marks the formal start of federal proceedings in a case that began with local law enforcement response to the nightclub shooting.