In re T.R. CA4/2

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Alleged Offenses.

At the time of the alleged offenses (July 20, 2022), minor was a few months shy of

his 18th birthday (approximately 17 years eight months old). The two juvenile victims (a

boyfriend and girlfriend) sold marijuana vape pens, and minor and his co-participant (a

cousin) used a fake Instagram account to set up a meeting with the victims to purportedly

purchase marijuana. Minor intended to rob the victims and directed them to his chosen

meeting place.

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting and found a

16-year-old male victim dead in the passenger seat of a vehicle. A 17-year-old female

juvenile victim, who was in the driver’s seat, was barely conscious and died at the scene.

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 Deputies observed several bullet strikes on the passenger side and trunk of the vehicle.

They also found 15 cartridge cases on the scene that were later determined to have been

fired from the same handgun.

A witness who was driving by reported he saw two males dressed all in black

approach the vehicle from behind. One of the…