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http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/15099144.htm............Two Salinas men were ordered Friday to stand trial for the death of a rival gang member during a confrontation that began with an apparently friendly exchange of words.
After viewing videotape of the deadly altercation, Judge Russell Scott ruled there was sufficient evidence to hold Adan Flores and Saul Granados for the murder of Jose Castillo. The 22-year-old was shot to death just after midnight May 15 outside a 7-Eleven store on North Main Street in Salinas.
Castillo's grieving parents attended the hearing with their pastor, who expressed the family's condolences to the families of the defendants in the courtroom. The Rev. Bill Bolin, senior pastor of Sanctuary Christian Fellowship, said the Castillos understand that the killing left many victims -- their son and his family, as well as the defendants' wife, girlfriend and children.
According to testimony by Salinas police investigators, the incident began with Castillo and two friends going to the store to buy gum and cigarettes. As they parked, Flores, Granados and a third, unidentified man, parked next to them, Salinas police officer Scott Gemette testified.
Castillo's friends and the three men from the other car walked into the store at the same time, with one of the suspects acknowledging Castillo's friends with "What's up?"
Gemette testified that one of Castillo's companions, identified as Witness 3, told him he took the comment as a friendly greeting and answered, "What's up?"
Castillo followed the group into the store, and one of the suspects asked Castillo's group if they "banged," meaning gang involvement, Gemette said. According to Castillo's other companion, Witness 2, Castillo answered "We're Northside Locos," a Norteno street gang.
The other group responded that they were rival Surenos and began kicking and hitting Castillo, then the fight spilled into the parking lot, Witness 2 told Gemette. As Castillo went through the door to the sidewalk, the investigator testified, one of the suspects pulled a gun.
"What's up now?" he asked, and then opened fire.
Surveillance video from the store shows Castillo falling to his knees and crawling back into the store, where he stood up and fell to the ground again, mortally wounded.
As Castillo's mother rushed from the courtroom in tears, Gemette testified that an autopsy showed Castillo was shot once in the abdomen and once in the chest, with the second bullet puncturing both lungs and his aorta.
The officer said the autopsy also revealed the victim had one dot tattooed on one of his inner elbows and four dots on the other, symbolic of the number 14 and Norteno street gangs, which identify with the 14th letter of the alphabet, the letter N.
Officer Thomas Larkin testified that Witness 2 picked Flores out in a photo lineup, saying he was "110 percent" certain he was involved. Witness 2 said the shooter had three letters tattooed on the back of his head.
According to testimony, Flores has "DBS" tattooed on his head. Salinas police gang expert Royce Heath testified the acronym stands for Diablos, a Southern California Sureno street gang.
Salinas police officer Christopher Lane testified that Granados admitted that he'd been picked up by Flores the night of the shooting. A black T-shirt bearing the number 69 -- matching the shirt one of the suspects is seen wearing on the video of the assault -- was found in a search of Granados' bedroom, Lane said.
According to testimony, photographs and other evidence indicating gang membership were found in both suspects' homes. Granados' body bears gang-related tattoos, including "Anaheim," three dots standing for the letter M -- for Mexican Mafia, the Sureno gang -- and "Kill them all."
Both men are charged with murder with gang and weapons enhancements.
Deputy Public Defender Charles Murphy argued that the video showed Granados was not involved in the assault on Castillo, either in the store or in the parking lot outside. On the contrary, he said, it shows Granados throwing a plastic floor cone to "break up" the fight and then walking outside. At the time of the shooting, he argued, Granados was walking toward the car and had his back turned from Castillo.
Judge Scott rejected the argument, ruling there was probable cause to hold both men on the charges. They will be arraigned Aug. 10.
Heath testified that Salinas has experienced an upsurge of Sureno street crime in the last year, including assaults on police officers. He said "internal problems" have weakened the Norteno gang, which is usually the stronger gang in Salinas.
"The Surenos want to take advantage of that disarray," he said, "... and claim various areas as their own."
After viewing videotape of the deadly altercation, Judge Russell Scott ruled there was sufficient evidence to hold Adan Flores and Saul Granados for the murder of Jose Castillo. The 22-year-old was shot to death just after midnight May 15 outside a 7-Eleven store on North Main Street in Salinas.
Castillo's grieving parents attended the hearing with their pastor, who expressed the family's condolences to the families of the defendants in the courtroom. The Rev. Bill Bolin, senior pastor of Sanctuary Christian Fellowship, said the Castillos understand that the killing left many victims -- their son and his family, as well as the defendants' wife, girlfriend and children.
According to testimony by Salinas police investigators, the incident began with Castillo and two friends going to the store to buy gum and cigarettes. As they parked, Flores, Granados and a third, unidentified man, parked next to them, Salinas police officer Scott Gemette testified.
Castillo's friends and the three men from the other car walked into the store at the same time, with one of the suspects acknowledging Castillo's friends with "What's up?"
Gemette testified that one of Castillo's companions, identified as Witness 3, told him he took the comment as a friendly greeting and answered, "What's up?"
Castillo followed the group into the store, and one of the suspects asked Castillo's group if they "banged," meaning gang involvement, Gemette said. According to Castillo's other companion, Witness 2, Castillo answered "We're Northside Locos," a Norteno street gang.
The other group responded that they were rival Surenos and began kicking and hitting Castillo, then the fight spilled into the parking lot, Witness 2 told Gemette. As Castillo went through the door to the sidewalk, the investigator testified, one of the suspects pulled a gun.
"What's up now?" he asked, and then opened fire.
Surveillance video from the store shows Castillo falling to his knees and crawling back into the store, where he stood up and fell to the ground again, mortally wounded.
As Castillo's mother rushed from the courtroom in tears, Gemette testified that an autopsy showed Castillo was shot once in the abdomen and once in the chest, with the second bullet puncturing both lungs and his aorta.
The officer said the autopsy also revealed the victim had one dot tattooed on one of his inner elbows and four dots on the other, symbolic of the number 14 and Norteno street gangs, which identify with the 14th letter of the alphabet, the letter N.
Officer Thomas Larkin testified that Witness 2 picked Flores out in a photo lineup, saying he was "110 percent" certain he was involved. Witness 2 said the shooter had three letters tattooed on the back of his head.
According to testimony, Flores has "DBS" tattooed on his head. Salinas police gang expert Royce Heath testified the acronym stands for Diablos, a Southern California Sureno street gang.
Salinas police officer Christopher Lane testified that Granados admitted that he'd been picked up by Flores the night of the shooting. A black T-shirt bearing the number 69 -- matching the shirt one of the suspects is seen wearing on the video of the assault -- was found in a search of Granados' bedroom, Lane said.
According to testimony, photographs and other evidence indicating gang membership were found in both suspects' homes. Granados' body bears gang-related tattoos, including "Anaheim," three dots standing for the letter M -- for Mexican Mafia, the Sureno gang -- and "Kill them all."
Both men are charged with murder with gang and weapons enhancements.
Deputy Public Defender Charles Murphy argued that the video showed Granados was not involved in the assault on Castillo, either in the store or in the parking lot outside. On the contrary, he said, it shows Granados throwing a plastic floor cone to "break up" the fight and then walking outside. At the time of the shooting, he argued, Granados was walking toward the car and had his back turned from Castillo.
Judge Scott rejected the argument, ruling there was probable cause to hold both men on the charges. They will be arraigned Aug. 10.
Heath testified that Salinas has experienced an upsurge of Sureno street crime in the last year, including assaults on police officers. He said "internal problems" have weakened the Norteno gang, which is usually the stronger gang in Salinas.
"The Surenos want to take advantage of that disarray," he said, "... and claim various areas as their own."
FOO THAT GOT HIS CAP PEELED WAS MY HOMEBOY PELON..HE WAS HANDLIN HIS OWN AGAINST THREE FOOLS THATS WHY THEY CAPPED HIM..YOU KNOW HIS HOMIES WERE PUNKS RIGHT OFF THE BAT CAUSE THEY DIDNT EVEN BACK HIM UP WHEN THEY WERE SCRAPIN.. I DONT KNOW THOSE OTHER FOOLS BUT I HEARD THEY DIDNT EVEN CLAIM..THAT DUDE WAS NOT FROM MY HOOD BUT I DID KNOW HIM. OTHER THAN THAT YOU KNOW THAT SHIT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.
It's seems like they tried to avoid being in the system.Chale ..when they put them on the paper that they called the shooter out to be Identified is a no no.Their going to have a ruff time now in the calles for doing so.They should of new the rules in the streets.Even though it can be hard sometimes,They have to stick with the rules if they click up with a clique.
STOP ACTING LIKE A BITCH FOOL, IF YOU WAS REALLY BOTHERED BY WHAT YOU CALL 'SCRAPS' YOU'D BE ON THE STREETS HANDLING. AND NOT SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS YOU DO ON THE NET. YOU SHOULD ALSO CHECK YOUR BOY VINN707 WHO SPENDS PLENTY OF TIME ON THE SO CAL BOARD IF YOU REALLY WANNA GET TECHNICAL. EVEN ON SOME HIGH LEVEL YARDS SURENOS BE MOBBING THRU NORTENOS ZONES. WHY WOULD IT BE DIFFRENT ONLINE?
AND THATS WHY YOU DONT ROLL WITH PUNKS WHO HAVE NO HEART. I RATHER GO SOLO THEN DIP WITH SOME BITCH ASS FOOLS WHO ARE GONNA JUST STAND-BY AND WATCH.FUCK LIABILITIES. ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY CAR KNOWS IF YOU ROLLING WITH ME YOU BETTER HOLD YOUR OWN CAUSE IF NOT YOUR ASS IS GONNA DEAL WITH SOME CONSEQUENCES.
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