People v. Andrews CA2/5

Facts In the evening of June 17, 2010, Cynthia Parker was shot and killed while sitting in her car in front of a house at 5018 Wadsworth Avenue. Her baby daughter was in the rear passenger seat but was unharmed. The shooting occurred in an area claimed by the Ten Line Crips (Crips) gang. The area had previously been claimed by the Blood Stone Villains (BSV) gang. Police arrived at the scene at about 10:45 p.m. Although there were 10 to 15 people in the street screaming and crying, ultimately only Shawanda Kelly provided a statement to the police. According to Kelly, Parker had been visiting her and got in the car to go home. Kelly said good-bye and went into the house. She heard the sound of what she thought were firecrackers and then heard Parker’s car horn. Kelly walked out to find Parker wounded and unresponsive. Kelly told police the baby’s father was Kenyae Rollins and that he and Parker had been in an argument before the shooting. At some point, Rollins kicked in the front of Parker’s car. Parker believed Rollins was cheating on her. Rollins heard about the murder the next day when Parker’s sister called him and said, “Boy, I’m going to whoop your ass if you had anything to…