P. v. Gamez
As the result of a gang-related shooting, Jonathan Gamez was charged by information with five counts of attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder (Pen. Code, 187, 664)[1]and five counts of shooting at an occupied motor vehicle ( 246).As to all counts, the information specially alleged firearm-use enhancements ( 12022.53, subds. (b), (c), (d) & (e)), and a criminal street gang enhancement ( 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)). According to the testimony at the preliminary hearing, Antonio Martinez IV, Angelo Martinez, Leonard Caudillo, Steven Martinez and Gerardo Zaragoza[2]were riding together in a car in Lennox. While stopped at the intersection of 111th Street and Inglewood Avenue, they were confronted by a group of men who appeared to be gang members. The men demanded to know where the occupants of the car were from (a frequent gang challenge), displayed gang hand signs and shouted they were from the Lennox 13 gang. One man in the group pulled out a gun, pointed it in the direction of the car and began shooting at the cars occupants from about 12 feet away. Two of the occupants were injured by the gun shots; one of them lost the sight in one of his eyes. Three of the car occupants, as well as other witnesses, identified Gamez as the shooter.
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