In re E.V. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

According to the probation reports, on June 13, 2024, a woman left a nail salon in Antioch with her daughters, aged four and 10. She was putting her younger daughter in her car when L.M., the accomplice of then 14-year- old E.V., pointed a gun at them. L.M. said, “ ‘[G]ive me all your shit bitch’ and ‘I swear to god I’m going to shoot you.’ ” E.V. went through the victim’s purse and removed her jewelry. Police officers saw two minors who matched the dispatcher’s description of the suspects running away from the shopping center. The minors were later identified as E.V. and L.M. One of the officers ordered E.V. to stop, but he continued to run away. The officer was able to subdue E.V. and handcuff him. E.V. had a loaded, unregistered semi-automatic handgun in the pocket of his sweatshirt. On June 17, the Contra Costa County District Attorney filed a petition under section 602, subdivision (a) alleging E.V. committed three felonies: second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211; count 1), with an enhancement that he was armed with a firearm while committing the robbery (id., § 12022, subd. (a)(1)); carrying an unregistered, loaded firearm in public (id., § 25850,

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