Tyrone McAllister has been charged with murder with a special circumstance enhancement after he and another man allegedly shot a 32-year-old man during a robbery in Oakland last week.

STOCKTON — Tyrone McAllister, the estranged son of a former Union City police chief who made national news for violently assaulting an elderly Sikh man last summer in Manteca, has been charged with murder after he and another man allegedly shot a 32-year-old during a robbery in Oakland.

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged 19-year-old McAllister and 28-year-old Dennis Evans with special circumstance murder on Wednesday.

Both men are alleged to have shot and killed Janath Liyanage of Garden Grove at about 11:14 p.m. Aug. 20 in the 600 block of 20th Street just north of downtown Oakland, authorities said.

Officers arrived at the scene to investigate a report of a robbery and shooting and found Liyanage suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died two hours later.

According to media reports, McAllister and Evans did not know Liyanage and the two men were identified through video surveillance.

Additionally, both men are also charged with reportedly robbing another man in east Oakland about five hours before the shooting, according to The East Bay Times.

As part of a plea deal with the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, McAllister was sentenced on Dec. 11, 2018, to a year in the County Jail for the attempted robbery of 71-year-old Sahib Singh Natt near a Manteca park.

An elder-abuse charge had been dismissed in exchange for the guilty plea to the attempted robbery, the DA’s Office reported at the time. McAllister was released in June for having credit for time served and had been placed on five years’ probation, according to media reports.

After McAllister’s August 2018 arrest in the beating, it was discovered that he is the son of former Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister, who retired only three days after his son’s sentencing after a 37-year law enforcement career, according to Union City police.

Neither Darryl McAllister nor any family members had attended Tyrone McAllister’s many court appearances in Stockton. In a lengthy post on social media after the arrest, he said his son began getting into trouble with the law years ago. He cut ties from friends and family, associated himself with questionable people and spent several months in juvenile hall.

Tyrone McAllister made national headlines and sparked outrage across the Manteca community when he and another teenage boy confronted Natt in the early-morning hours of Aug. 6, 2018, as Natt walked laps at Graystone Park.

Through an interpreter, Natt, who does not speak English, testified in October that the young men wanted money but he repeatedly told them he did not have any.

The confrontation quickly turned violent and left Natt on the ground with multiple injuries to his head, chest, arms, and lower abdomen. He had also been kicked and spat on.

Two days passed before Tyrone McAllister and the minor were arrested in Modesto after video surveillance taken from a home across the park was shared on social media and news outlets.

According to media reports, McAllister has also been charged in connection with the Oakland murder with being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a loaded firearm in a city.

Evans is also charged with possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. News outlets report that Evans has two prior felony convictions, one in 2010 for first-degree residential burglary and in 2013 for corporal injury to a spouse. In both convictions, Evans received probation.

McAllister and Evans are being held without bail at the Santa Rita Jail with a plea hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 17 at the Alameda County courthouse.

Contact reporter Nicholas Filipas at (209) 546-8257 or nfilipas@recordnet.com. Follow him on Twitter @nicholasfilipas.