In re N.G. CA2/6

Facts and Procedural Background In August 2021, at approximately 11:30 p.m., police officers heard a gunshot near Sepulveda Boulevard and Superior Street. They drove to the location and found a white Toyota Corolla in the middle of the street. The vehicle had a bullet hole in the rear driver’s side window. The driver, later identified as C.R., suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head. Inside the vehicle, officers found cell phones and a plastic bag that contained marijuana. Officers also found a shell casing from a 9- millimeter bullet located approximately 36 feet away from the vehicle.

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 Surveillance video from the scene showed an individual in a white hoodie approaching the victim’s vehicle. As the vehicle began to drive away, there was a visible muzzle flash, the vehicle lurched to a stop, and the individual in the hoodie ran away. Additional video recovered from an apartment building near the shooting showed a young man running with a gun, hopping a fence, tucking a sweatshirt under a car, and then returning to the car. When officers searched the car, a…