Overview

• Rohith Sunil was formally arraigned Wednesday on charges related to the July 17 killing of 41-year-old Casey Lyn Way in San Leandro.
• Prosecutors allege Sunil approached Way and her boyfriend near East 14th and Williams streets before drawing a handgun and firing a single shot into her torso.
• In addition to the murder count, he is charged with assault with a semiautomatic gun and carrying a loaded weapon in public, with enhancements for personal use of a firearm causing death.
• If convicted on all counts, Sunil faces up to 50 years to life in state prison.
• Investigators have not determined a motive and have scheduled his next court appearance, a plea hearing, for July 28 at the East County Hall of Justice.