People v. Harmon CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Around 5:00 p.m. on February 9, 2020, Harmon and Delarosa walked together into the parking lot of a park in Romoland, where the victims A.V. and J.R. were sitting in A.V.’s parked car. The rear of A.V.’s car was backed into a parking space at the far end of the parking lot. A.V. was in the driver’s seat, and J.R. was in the passenger seat with his window partially lowered. The passenger side of A.V.’s car was facing the entrance to the parking lot. Harmon and Delarosa walked toward A.V.’s car along a sidewalk that eventually would have taken them past the back of the car. A law enforcement investigator interpreted a surveillance video to show that Harmon and Delarosa were wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts as they approached. Upon reaching a position near the rear of A.V.’s car, Delarosa turned to walk along the car’s passenger side, toward the front of the car. At the same time, Harmon charged toward the rear passenger side of the car and fired multiple gunshots toward the passenger-side window where J.R. was sitting. A.V. reacted to the gunshots by driving his car forward and pulling out of the

3 parking space. Harmon then ran toward…