2 Sought in Death of Father at Son’s Birthday Party
Two reputed Los Angeles County gang members were being sought in the fatal shooting of a man at his 10-year-old son’s birthday party in rural San Bernardino County, officials said Monday.
The shooting occurred late Friday at Jose Gonzalez’s home on Live Oak Street in unincorporated Hesperia, south of here, Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Stodelle said.
Gonzalez, 40, and his wife had invited several friends from the Downey-Lakewood area to their 10-year-old son’s birthday party, Stodelle said. During the party, Gonzalez’s pistol disappeared from his bedroom, and as people were leaving the home a confrontation developed over the missing gun. One of two reputed gang members, identified as Joseph Avalos and Raymond Ramirez, pulled out the gun, shot Gonzalez and the two then fled in a car parked outside, Stodelle said.
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