People v. Tauch CA2/8

STATEMENT OF FACTS

1. Prosecution Case On January 19, 2010, at around 7:50 p.m., appellant shot Sor, his ex-girlfriend, and Chao, the man she was seeing, multiple times as they stood in Chao’s invalid father’s apartment at his assisted living facility in Monterey Park. The prosecution theorized appellant was hiding in Sor’s car when she drove to Chao’s father’s place, at which point he emerged, killed them, and drove away in Sor’s car. Prior to the shooting, appellant worked at the Hollywood Park Casino, first as an armed guard, then as an unarmed gaming supervisor. Victim Sor worked as a dealer at the casino. Sor and appellant were in a relationship, and in 2008 he moved into her apartment where she lived with her three children. While he lived there, he usually stayed in his and Sor’s bedroom playing video games, which were first-person, shooter- style games that placed the player in the perspective of the character going around

Undesignated statutory citations are to the Penal Code unless otherwise noted.

2 “killing enemies.” He once showed Sor’s son a gun and asked if he wanted to go target shooting; Sor’s son declined. Occasionally, Sor’s son heard arguments coming…