Shootings Continue
Two teens shot in Salinas, police make arrest on January homicide
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Two teens were shot last night on Acosta Plaza in Salinas after they drove into a fire hydrant.
According to Salinas police, at about 10 p.m. two males started arguing with the 17-year-old boys while they were driving recklessly in the parking lot of 914 Acosta Plaza. One of the suspects shot the teens, one in the shoulder area with a bullet lodging in his neck and the other in the left hand. Both victims were flown to a Bay Area hospital where they are listed in stable condition. Police consider the case gang related.
Police yesterday also arrested a second suspect in the Jan. 12 slaying of 19-year-old James Lopez, who was shot and killed near the intersection of John Street and McGowan Drive. Police charged Benjamin Puga Carrillo, 19, with homicide. Police previously arrested 26-year-old Valentin Navarro Rivas for the homicide, one of six murders that occurred in the beginning of the year.
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