People v. Madrid CA2/1

BACKGROUND

On March 13, 2010, around 10:30 or 11:00 p.m., a group of people were standing outside in a corridor between two apartment buildings on South Buena Vista in Pomona. They had been guests at a baby shower for Crystal Medrano that had just ended. The group included Crystal Medrano, Deanna Campos (Medrano’s sister), David Campos (Deanna’s husband), and Javier Acevedo. There was a driveway on one side of the corridor and a walkway with a fence and bushes on the other. Crystal Mejia drove to the location with her sister, Candace Salazar, and her uncle, Jaime Arellano. They joined the group in the corridor. Crystal Medrano was sitting with her sister, Mejia and Salazar while the three men were standing a short distance away. Mejia saw someone come up the driveway wearing a black baseball cap with a yellow letter “P” on it. (In court she identified the person as codefendant Michael Madrid.) She heard him say “‘This is Happy Town. Fuck Twat Street.’” She saw Madrid pull a gun out of his waistband and she immediately started running. As Mejia was running she heard about five gunshots. About 10 seconds later, she saw Madrid pointing the gun at her so she turned the other way and…