People v. Salgado CA4/3

FACTS

One evening around 9:30 p.m., a 16-year-old male (Son) and his father (Father) were sitting in their idling car waiting for their family in front of their friend’s apartment. While they were waiting, Salgado peeked out from behind a truck or a tree and looked at them suspiciously. Salgado walked toward the front of their car and said to them, “‘West Myrtle Motherfuckers,’” or “‘Where are you from motherfucker?’” When Salgado was a few feet from the driver’s side door, he pulled out a gun. Son, who was driving Father’s car, saw the gun, hit the gas pedal, and drove away. Son and Father heard gunshots, and Father felt a bullet whiz by his head. Son drove home where they inspected the car. They saw a bullet hole in the rear passenger headrest and exterior driver’s side mirror, the rear view mirror was shattered, and the front and rear windshields were damaged. Police arrived at the scene of the shooting and recovered three nine-millimeter cartridge cases and a partial bullet fragment. The police also

1 Salgado does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence that established his identity as the shooter. Under established appellate principles, we recite the facts in the…