People v. Romo CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

A. Prosecution

1. Eyewitnesses

Around 1:00 or 1:30 a.m. on October 31, 2018, Jesse F. was in front of a Starbucks and across the street from a Chevron/Burger King when he heard a woman scream, “He’s got a gun.” The scream came from the gas station. Jesse saw a car and a woman at the gas station, and the woman was quickly walking away from the car. Jesse lost sight of the woman, and then he heard six loud popping sounds coming from the station. He immediately went behind the Starbucks and called 911. At about the same time, Patrick K. was a passenger in a van that had parked at one of the Chevron station’s pumps. Seated in the van’s back seat, Patrick noticed a man and a woman arguing on the other side of the pump. He heard the woman say, “Give me my kid. I just want my kid,” “Stop,” and “[H]e has a gun.” The woman said the man had a gun in a “fairly terrified” voice. The man looked directly at Patrick and said, “[N]o, I don’t.” Patrick identified the man as defendant. Defendant and the woman were associated with a white Charger stopped directly across from Patrick, and a gold car stopped near it. Patrick saw the two chase each…