People v. Betancourt-Rayo CA4/3

FACTS

Wife’s bartending shift ended at midnight, and she got into her Toyota Camry to drive home. As she drove away, Betancourt-Rayo drove up rapidly behind her in his truck. Wife stopped at a red light and called her mother to tell her he was following her. Betancourt-Rayo crashed into a car stopped next to Wife’s car. Wife saw her car’s rear window glass shatter and felt something strike the back of her driver’s seat pushing it forward. She looked back and saw bullet holes. Wife drove through the red light and called 911. Wife drove evasively to avoid being shot. Betancourt-Rayo rammed his truck into the Camry a few times. After the last impact, Betancourt-Rayo lost control of his truck and crashed into a wall. Wife remained in the Camry because the driver’s side door was stuck; she was uninjured. Meanwhile, deputy sheriff Jason McDermott responded to a call of shots fired involving two vehicles. He saw a Toyota Camry drive through a red light without stopping and a Toyota Tacoma travel rapidly through the same intersection. McDermott followed the two vehicles and found the crashed truck. He and his partner approached the truck and heard someone speaking. They opened the door,…