Legal fees had been filed Friday towards 4 Salt Lake males in reference to the gang-related capturing dying at a marriage in Midvale on Nov. 6. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret Information)
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MIDVALE — 4 males — all participants of a violent boulevard gang, consistent with prosecutors — had been charged Friday in reference to a deadly capturing at a marriage celebration in Midvale. Some of the males had already been convicted of killing someone else simply six years previous, and some other was once ready to be sentenced on a capturing final yr that left a person paralyzed.
On Friday, the Salt Lake County District Lawyer’s Place of job filed felony fees towards:
- Guillermo William Herrera, 19, of Salt Lake Town, was once charged with homicide and ownership of a firearm via a limited individual, first-degree felonies; obstructing justice, a second-degree criminal; and 3 counts of annoyed attack, a third-degree criminal.
- Daniel Brando Garcia, 22, of Salt Lake Town, was once charged with ownership of a gun via a limited individual, a first-degree criminal; and obstructing justice, a second-degree criminal.
- Troy Latorio Kajiyama, 19, of Salt Lake Town, was once charged with ownership of a firearm via a limited individual and obstructing justice, second-degree felonies.
- Marqus Paul James, 22, of Salt Lake Town, was once charged with obstructing justice, a second-degree criminal.
On Nov. 6, Oscar Avila, 28, of Midvale, was once attending a circle of relatives marriage ceremony on the Ganesh Middle, 145 E. Citadel Union Blvd., when police say 3 uninvited other people — Herrera, Garcia and Kajiyama — confirmed up. All 3 are participants of the similar “very violent boulevard gang,” consistent with charging paperwork.
“The boys started inflicting issues of visitors, a lot of whom had been related to a rival gang,” the fees state.
The boys first of all refused to go away and Kajiyama lifted his blouse at one level to show a gun in his waistband, charging paperwork state. When the gang after all left, they had been adopted out the door via a gaggle of marriage ceremony visitors, together with Avila who was once a member of a rival gang.
When the gang were given to the parking zone, a combat ensued. The combat additionally incorporated James, who was once out of doors, consistent with police.
Herrera allegedly pistol-whipped Avila within the face, inflicting him to fall to the bottom. Herrera then stood over Avila, pointed his gun at Avila’s buddies, after which shot Avila whilst he was once nonetheless at the flooring, consistent with the fees.
After the 4 males had been arrested, they claimed to police they both didn’t know the rest concerning the capturing or had no longer been on the marriage ceremony in any respect — even if introduced with video and photographic proof that confirmed another way, the fees state.
Herrera was once already dealing with sentencing in a separate capturing on the time of marriage ceremony.
On Might 26, 2020, Chase Barron, 29, was once shot within the parking zone of a Reams Meals Retailer, 7235 W. 3500 South. A bullet struck his backbone and Barron and docs mentioned he would now not be capable of stroll, consistent with charging paperwork.
Herrera, who “has an extended and violent felony historical past,” consistent with prosecutors, was once convicted on Oct. 4 of criminal discharge of a firearm and obstructing justice. He was once initially scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 18. A warrant was once issued for his arrest on Nov. 12 after he did not report back to Grownup Probation and Parole to take part in a pre-sentencing document, and was once arrested on Nov. 13. He’s now scheduled to be sentenced for the 2020 capturing on Jan. 10.
James, in the meantime, was once already on probation for killing a person when he was once 15. If so, James pleaded accountable in 2015 in juvenile courtroom to firing a weapon at someone else, a third-degree criminal. The teenager then waived a certification listening to and pleaded accountable that very same day in third District Courtroom to manslaughter with a gang enhancement, making it a first-degree criminal.
James remained in juvenile detention till he became 21. Then in July of 2020, he went prior to a third District Courtroom pass judgement on to be sentenced for his manslaughter conviction. He was once given a suspended sentence of five years to lifestyles within the Utah State Jail and put on probation for an odd longer term of 14 years, consistent with courtroom information. A part of the stipulations of that probation was once not to go together with gang participants.
On Nov. 9, a warrant was once issued for James arrest after parole brokers considered video that confirmed James on the marriage ceremony associating with gang participants at the night time of the marriage, consistent with courtroom paperwork. His subsequent scheduled courtroom listening to if so is Dec. 17. James may well be despatched to jail to serve his unique 5-years-to-life sentence even prior to his trial on his new fees start.
The circle of relatives of Marcos Cardenas, 22, who was once shot and killed via James, mentioned in a remark to KSL.com that they consider James must have served jail time.
“We’re in order that annoyed, as a circle of relatives. Our pursuit of justice and therapeutic has been frequently hindered via what we name a justice device. We really feel like it doesn’t matter what we’ve mentioned or introduced ahead to any of his hearings and sentencings it was once all the time simply brushed apart and right here we’ve him concerned once more with some other homicide over gang affiliations,” the remark says.
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