People v. Gonzalez CA4/2

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On June 12, 2018, around 12:15 p.m., a man in a white tank top started following

a man in a black tank top down University Avenue in Riverside. The man in white put

his right hand in his backpack and ran a short distance, until they were maybe 50 to 100

feet apart. For about 40 seconds, they kept walking forward as they exchanged words

and gestures; meanwhile, the man in white’s hand was still in his backpack.

Then the man in white, his hand still in his backpack, started running again. He

caught up with the man in black in the parking lot of Bobby Bonds Park. The man in

black jinked to the left and started running through the parking lot. The man in white ran

after him, pulled a gun out of his backpack, and fired five shots. He then broke off the

chase and ran away.

The man in black was never located or even identified with any certainty.

3 E.J.,2 a park maintenance worker, saw the chase and heard the shots. The shooter

ran past him, within 10 to 20 feet. He saw the shooter for 10 to 15 seconds. However, he

looked “less [at] the person” and “more at the weapon.” He left the park before the

police arrived.

In the parking lot, the police found…