Shootings of 2 Deaf Brothers Recounted
Joey Paul Bellinger, the 16-year-old accused of gunning down two deaf brothers in Granada Hills, killing one of them, yelled, “I smoked him! I smoked him!” as he and four friends sped away from the shooting scene, according to court records.
Search warrants filed in Van Nuys Municipal Court by Los Angeles police during the investigation of the Jan. 28 shooting death of Cesar Vieira, 30, and wounding of Edward Vieira, 25, both of Palmdale, contain statements from three teen-agers who were with Bellinger during the shooting, which occurred after a traffic confrontation.
The teen-agers said they had expected to get into a fistfight with the Vieira brothers, although they knew Bellinger had a gun. They quoted Bellinger as defending the shooting afterward.
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