OAKLAND -- BART police released a surveillance video on Wednesday of a suspect in the Jan. 9 fatal shooting at the West Oakland station.

The video shows the suspect walking inside the BART station. Police are still following up on other leads but hope that the video showing how the suspect walks and maneuvers may help identify him.

BART police are working with the Oakland Police Department, Alameda County Sheriff's Office and other agencies to find the suspect.

BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said investigators are pursuing all leads, and the video, which staff used to originally share still images, is meant to jog riders' memories.

"We don't know who the suspect is," Trost said. "We're showing how the suspect moves and walks and maneuvers and hoping it may spark something. We're hoping someone knows who he is and can help us."

The victim, 19-year-old Carlos Misael Funez-Romero, of Antioch, was shot multiple times on a San Francisco-bound BART train stopped at the West Oakland station. Authorities said Funez-Romero came to the United States from Honduras about two years ago.

Funez-Romero is believed to have gotten into an argument with the suspect while both were aboard a Tri Delta Transit bus in East Contra Costa County before the shooting. Both then boarded the train at the Pittsburg-Bay Point station.


There was no BART security video of the shooting. A public records request by the San Francisco Chronicle forced BART officials to disclose last month that only 151 of its 669 passenger rail cars -- or 23 percent -- were equipped with operating security cameras as of Jan. 15.

BART said it plans to install working security cameras on all its trains. Trost said Wednesday that replacement work has begun.

"All dummy cameras are going to be replaced on a car-by-car basis" in order to maintain the deterrent against a risk of incidents, Trost said.

The suspect is described as a black male, 6 feet to 6-foot-4 in height, with a bald, shaved or close-cut hair style, slim build, and wearing a green-hooded jacket with beige, construction-style boots.

Anyone who thinks they know the suspect or has any information about the homicide is encouraged to call BART police.

BART is offering a reward of up to $10,000 through Oakland Crime Stoppers for information that may lead to an arrest. Call 510-464-7011 to leave an anonymous tip. BART investigators can be reached at 510-464-7040; Oakland Crime Stoppers can be reached at 510-777-8572.

The shooting inside a BART train was believed to be the system's first since a 1990s incident at an El Cerrito station, officials said.