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Photo: Pittsburg Police Department
Two of four suspects in a May highway shooting that killed a mother of four have been arrested: 26-year-old Marcus Gaines and 22-year-old Kevin Carter. Two others remain at large.
Two of four suspects in a May highway shooting that killed a mother of four have been arrested: 26-year-old Marcus Gaines and 22-year-old Kevin Carter. Two others remain at large.
Photo: Pittsburg Police DepartmentMen charged in East Bay highway shooting that killed mother
Two of four men suspected in a highway shooting that killed a San Francisco woman and injured her passenger as they drove in the East Bay in May have been charged with murder, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Contra Costa County district attorneys office charged 26-year-old Marcus Gaines and 22-year-old Kevin Carter with murder, attempted murder and conspiracy, along with gang and street terrorism enhancements, among other special allegations. They were arrested Wednesday at an Antioch home on Johnson Drive.
The two outstanding suspects, 21-year-old Damario Pitteard and 25-year-old Corey McCroey, face the same charges in addition to illegal possession of firearms because of prior felony convictions. Warrants have been issued for their arrests.
The slaying in Pittsburg came amid a rash of highway shootings in the East Bay that authorities believed to be part of larger street gang battles.
The shooting was as a result of an ongoing gang-related dispute with subjects from the San Francisco area, Pittsburg police said in a statement.
Capt. Ron Raman, a police spokesman, said the investigation was challenging and required persistence by detectives who didnt let any leads go unturned.
In a case like this, cars are speeding. Evidence can be lost. ... Ive got to stress the fact that not a lot of people were cooperating, he said.
On May 11, police officers were called to a rollover crash on Highway 4 just before 11 a.m. and didnt realize it was a shooting until they arrived at the scene.
When they got to the westbound lanes near the Railroad Avenue overpass they found the wrecked car, with the woman partially ejected from the drivers seat, suffering from gunshot wounds to the rear torso, and the man standing outside the car with a gunshot wound to his left hand.
The woman was later identified as Shanique Marie, a 25-year-old San Francisco resident and mother of several young children. She died at a nearby hospital.
Police havent said who among the four suspects was the shooter, but the district attorneys office intends to prosecute all of them for murder. All were believed to have been following the victims before the shooting.
Pitteard and McCroey should be considered armed and dangerous, said police, who asked anyone with information on their whereabouts to call (925) 646-2441.
Kimberly Veklerov is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kveklerov@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kveklerov
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Men-charged-in-East-Bay-highway-shooting-that-10783689.php
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