(05-22) 14:41 PDT HAYWARD --

Prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man with special-circumstances murder in the slaying of a man at his Hayward home.

Richard Delosangeles of Fremont was arrested Wednesday in the Jan. 4 shooting death of Maurice Collins, 28, said Hayward police Sgt. Steve Brown.

Alameda County prosecutors charged Delosangeles with murder and alleged the special circumstance of murder in the course of a burglary, making him eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without parole if he is convicted.

Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek lethal injection.

Collins was found shot in his home on the 29500 block of Vanderbilt Street about 11:40 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Delosangeles and at least one other man went into the home, and Collins ended up getting shot, police said. The gun used in the slaying and clothing were found in a nearby park, police said.

Police believe Collins, who had a criminal history, was targeted but have declined to specify a motive or say what role Delosangeles is accused of playing in the slaying. More arrests are possible, police said.