People v. Breedlove CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Murder On the morning of May 7, 2013, Ignacio Gonzales (Gonzales) was waiting outside Bowtie Connection, an auto body shop in the City of San Pedro. Gonzales was waiting for victim Vidaurry, who also worked at the shop, to arrive and open the business. Either Vidaurry or John Kennedy (Kennedy), the shop’s owner, customarily opened the business at approximately 8:00 a.m. each day. At 8:20 a.m., Vidaurry drove up in a pick-up truck and parked on the street in front of the shop. The truck belonged to Kennedy, who lent the truck to Vidaurry for a month while the latter’s car was being repaired elsewhere. Normally, Kennedy would use the truck to drive to the shop.

2 As Vidaurry was parking, Juan Sanchez (Sanchez) was leaving a market across the street from Bowtie Connection. After Vidaurry exited the truck, both Gonzales and Sanchez saw a man wearing a hoodie-style sweatshirt with the hood up, gloves, and a dust or dentist-style mask approach Vidaurry from behind and shoot him once in the head with a handgun. After Vidaurry fell to the street, Gonzales and Sanchez watched the shooter flee the scene on foot. Immediately after witnessing the shooting, Sanchez…