A 19-year-old Oakland man is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail after prosecutors charged him in connection with a violent San Leandro home invasion and three separate armed robberies at Oakland 7-Eleven stores. Angel Guadalupe Flores is accused of pistol-whipping a San Leandro resident and firing a gunshot that narrowly missed the man and his son; prosecutors also accuse him of Oakland convenience-store robberies on October 13, October 15 and October 25.
According to The Mercury News, Flores is suspected of robbing a San Leandro residence and three Oakland convenience-store incidents, including one 7-Eleven that was hit twice. Court records cited by the outlet say the San Leandro robbery happened around 6 a.m. on Campbell Avenue, when a masked gunman broke into a garage and stole tools. During the confrontation, the resident was pistol-whipped and a gunshot narrowly missed both the resident and his son, per the same court records.
San Leandro police later located the vehicle used in that robbery and linked it to Flores, according to court records described by the same outlet. Investigators also said cell phone records placed Flores at the Oakland robbery sites. After his arrest, officers served a search warrant at his Oakland home and reported finding two handguns with extended magazines, along with clothing believed to have been worn during the San Leandro robbery, according to the same court records.
Three 7-Eleven Robberies Tied to Oakland Teen
Flores is also charged with robbing a 7-Eleven on Harrison Street in Oakland of cash and liquor at gunpoint, an incident that occurred about 6:45 a.m. on October 15, per the Mercury News report. He is additionally accused of robbing the same Harrison Street store alongside other suspects on October 13, and of robbing a separate 7-Eleven on Piedmont Avenue on October 25. Police are still seeking the other suspects involved in the October 13 robbery, the outlet reports.
As reported by KRON4, prosecutors say Flores and others brandished firearms and stole money and property from the Harrison Street and Piedmont Avenue locations. That station reports Flores was charged with three counts of second-degree robbery, with enhancement allegations for use of a firearm and violent conduct, in connection with the 7-Eleven cases. In the residential case, he faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, first-degree residential robbery and carrying a loaded firearm in public, the station reports.
The station also reports that prosecutors say Flores assaulted a person with a gun at the victim’s home on October 15 and stole the victim’s property. Flores is expected to make his first appearance in Alameda County Superior Court on Friday morning.
Conflicting Accounts of Arrest Timing
Exactly when Flores was taken into custody is unclear. The Mercury News, citing court records, says he was arrested Wednesday in San Francisco, while KRON4 reported that jail records showed he was arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday. Hoodline could not independently verify which day is correct.
The case lands amid a broader, multi-year decline in major crime across Oakland. Oakland police reported that crimes including homicide, aggravated assault, rape, robbery and burglary dropped 29% from January 1 through March 31 of this year compared with the same period in 2025, according to Local News Matters. As of November 2025, robberies citywide were down 42% from the prior year and the city's violent crime index had fallen 25% year to date, according to Oaklandside, which also reported firearm assaults down 27% and fewer than 1,600 robberies logged citywide by late last year.
Armed robberies at Oakland convenience stores have nonetheless continued to surface in local coverage. In a separate incident reported by KTVU, police investigated an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven near 5th Street and International Boulevard, where surveillance video showed a suspect in a black hooded sweatshirt and face mask pulling a gun on a clerk at about 9:30 a.m. before fleeing with cash from the register. That report noted there was no word of injuries in that case.
No details on Flores’s attorney or a plea were included in the available court records. The charges against him remain allegations, and the case is proceeding through Alameda County Superior Court.
