People v. Lewis CA2/4

BACKGROUND

Defendant belonged to the East Side Trece gang. Attempted murder victim Daniel Meza belonged to the rival Loco Park gang. Around 8:30 p.m. on January 5, 2013, Daniel and his younger brother Miguel (who was not a gang member) entered a family market near 25th and Hooper in Los Angeles, which was in Loco Park territory. After buying beer, they were leaving when Daniel saw appellant and two other men whom he recognized as East Side Trece gang members outside: defendant, Robert Grandos (who Daniel knew as Little Rob) and an unidentified third man. When they saw Daniel, defendant and Grandos called out confrontationally “East Side Trece,” and said (among other things) “Fuck lollypops,” an insult “dissing” Daniel’s gang, Loco Park. Daniel was standing next to his brother, perhaps a foot away from defendant. He then saw defendant wave with his hand as if to demand that Daniel come outside, and heard defendant say, “Get him.” Daniel started to go outside, and at the doorway heard shooting. He did not see anyone with a gun. He turned and ran into the store. He was shot seven times (three in his chest, two in his back, and two in his arm), but survived. Daniel’s brother, Miguel,…