LONG BEACH, July 8, 2007 (CNS) - The 30-year-old mother of a suspected gang member allegedly drove seven minors to a park to kill a 13-year-old boy in a revenge attack is in jail Sunday, charged with murder.
Eva Daley of Long Beach is charged with participating in the stabbing of Jose Cano, who was killed June 26 in Long Beach's 14th Street Park, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
Daley and the seven minors were arrested throughout the week, and by Friday all had been charged at Long Beach Superior Court in connection with the slaying, police spokesman Jackie Bezart told the paper.
Police did not release information about the arrests until Saturday.
Daley is the only person charged as an adult.
Police say that Daley is the mother of a local gang member and that she drove the youths to the park knowing they intended to kill the victim.
Cano was allegedly involved in a fight between two groups of gang members at the park in the 100 block of East 14th Street, shortly after 9 p.m., Bezart said.
The fight ended when Cano suffered multiple stab wounds to the upper body. Friends or relatives took him to a hospital where he died, said Officer Juan Gomez, also a LBPD spokesman.
Nearby residents and homeless people in the park said the fight was revenge for an earlier incident in which a boy had been jumped by members of a rival gang. The youth came back with his gang later that night to even the score.
Eva Daley of Long Beach is charged with participating in the stabbing of Jose Cano, who was killed June 26 in Long Beach's 14th Street Park, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
Daley and the seven minors were arrested throughout the week, and by Friday all had been charged at Long Beach Superior Court in connection with the slaying, police spokesman Jackie Bezart told the paper.
Police did not release information about the arrests until Saturday.
Daley is the only person charged as an adult.
Police say that Daley is the mother of a local gang member and that she drove the youths to the park knowing they intended to kill the victim.
Cano was allegedly involved in a fight between two groups of gang members at the park in the 100 block of East 14th Street, shortly after 9 p.m., Bezart said.
The fight ended when Cano suffered multiple stab wounds to the upper body. Friends or relatives took him to a hospital where he died, said Officer Juan Gomez, also a LBPD spokesman.
Nearby residents and homeless people in the park said the fight was revenge for an earlier incident in which a boy had been jumped by members of a rival gang. The youth came back with his gang later that night to even the score.
