Man charged with murder in girlfriend’s stabbing at Oakland market

A woman was stabbed numerous times inside the Oakland Market near the corner of 18th and Filbert streets in West Oakland on Sunday. A woman was stabbed numerous times inside the Oakland Market near the corner of 18th and Filbert streets in West Oakland on Sunday. Photo: Google Maps Photo: Google Maps Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Man charged with murder in girlfriend’s stabbing at Oakland market 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A West Oakland store employee was charged Tuesday with murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend.

Rusamie Ashly Phongphoumy, 19, of Richmond was stabbed numerous times inside the Oakland Market near the corner of 18th and Filbert streets in West Oakland about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. She died at the scene.

Her boyfriend, 35-year-old Abdol Ali Omar of Oakland, was arrested at the store, where both he and the victim worked, authorities said. The stabbing was captured by high-quality surveillance video from two camera angles, Oakland police Sgt. Caesar Basa wrote in an affidavit.

Omar’s stepbrother witnessed the incident and tried to intervene, Basa wrote.

Omar was booked at a downtown Oakland jail on suspicion of murder. On Tuesday, Alameda County prosecutors charged him with murder and an enhancement for allegedly using a knife..

In a separate case over the weekend, 15-year-old Isaiah Smith was found shot to death on the 5400 block of Trask Street in East Oakland shortly before noon Saturday. Isaiah was a sophomore at Fremont High School in Oakland.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee