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An arrest has been made in a case of a man who was shot while sleeping in Oakland earlier this month, authorities said last week.  

Damon Roberts, 20, of Oakland, was arrested on Aug. 12 in Richmond by members of the Oakland Housing Authority Police Department with the assistance of US Marshals. 

On Aug. 1, Run Hua Kuang, 33, was napping in the 1900 block of East 19th Street after coming home from work as a delivery driver. Just before 5 p.m., a bullet penetrated the wall of his apartment, through is headboard, into his head and out his left eye, according to his sister, Jasmine Kuang.  

Kuang was taken to a hospital where he endured a seven-hour surgery, Jasmine. 

According to the Housing Authority, Roberts was charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office with offenses related to firearms. 

The Housing Authority is in charge of the investigation because it manages the apartment building.  

Jasmine said her brother “immigrated to the US from Taishan, China in 2005 searching for the American Dream for his family” and is the sole provider for his wife, his 7-month-old and 3-year-old daughters and his parents.  

A GoFundMe page for Kuang had reached over $365,000 raised as of Sunday.

Run Hua Kuang appears in a photo on a GoFundMe page set up for him. The 33-year-old father of two was shot in the head while taking a nap. (Photo courtesy GoFundMe)

The investigation is ongoing and the Oakland Housing Authority urges anyone with knowledge of the incident to call the Oakland Housing Authority Police Department at (510) 535-3100 or the Anonymous Tip Line at (510) 535-3155. 

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.