People v. Pimentel CA4/2

I. BACKGROUND

On July 11, 2011, at about 6:00 p.m., a woman was outside her San Bernardino

mobile home when she saw two men walk by. She recognized Urzua; her grandson

would sometimes play video games with him. Urzua carried a shotgun pressed against

his leg.

Pimentel and Urzua went to space 52, a trailer where Jesus Tiburcio lived.

Tiburcio’s brother, Ruben Sanchez, lived in a nearby trailer. Their cousin, Evaristo

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 Contreras, had stopped by to visit their sister Brenda Tiburcio, who also lived nearby and 2 had just given birth.

A second woman was outside another trailer helping her father wash his car. She

heard a loud bang, which she initially thought was fireworks. She saw five individuals,

including Sanchez, who was on the stairs of a trailer, and Tiburcio, who was on the

ground. She saw a man with a shotgun reach for shotgun shells from the man next to

him. The man with the shotgun then fired it at one of the other men, who then yelled

“Brenda” and “help me.”

Brenda looked out her window and saw Urzua, whom she knew. She also saw

Sanchez, whose face was “full of blood.” Urzua was laughing. She saw…