People v. Kilgore CA3

BACKGROUND

On October 20, 2016, M.G. parked his car in front of a relative’s house on High Street in Sacramento. When he got out of the car, a bullet struck him in the groin. Another 10 shots or more, from at least two guns, were fired at M.G. Witness No. 1 was repairing a fence at a nearby house that day, and he saw the shooting as he crossed the street to borrow a ladder. He remembered a dark-colored sedan sped away after the shooting and had been parked in a crooked manner on the street. Witness No. 2 was on her front porch when she heard multiple shots and ran inside with her son. When she looked out her front window, she saw a black Lexus backing out of the street. A lighter-colored car left the area headed in the same direction just before the black Lexus. Police found 9-millimeter casings and .45-caliber casings at the scene. That day there had been calls between the codefendants, but the calls stopped for a period of time. There was evidence that the cell phones of defendant and some of the codefendants had been at Strawberry Manor Park and near the apartment of one of the codefendants. Gi’s phone had also been near the location of the shooting. A global positioning…