People v. Turner CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
I. The Shooting and the Investigation
The shooting at issue occurred in October 2015, outside a liquor store on the
northwest corner of Kansas Avenue and Seventh Street in Riverside. Surveillance video
from multiple angles depicted the following events: At approximately 9:30 p.m.,
Francisco Ramirez was standing on the corner outside the store, talking on a cell phone.
Two northbound cars on Kansas Avenue stopped at that intersection and turned left onto
2 westbound Seventh Street. Turner was driving the second of the two cars.1 The lead car
pulled over to the right on Seventh Street, and the passenger (shooter one) exited. Turner
followed the lead car, made a U-turn, and pulled over on the opposite side of the street
from the lead car. Shooter one walked east toward the corner where Ramirez was
standing. Turner turned off her headlights and drove forward slowly, following shooter
one from across the street.
In the meantime, Esteban Domingo and Juan Bartolo were on Kansas Avenue
walking south toward Ramirez.2 They turned right at the corner onto Seventh Street. As
they walked west, away from Ramirez, shooter one passed them heading toward