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SAN GABRIEL: A South Gate forklift operator was arrested Sunday night by police, who believe he is the man who shot three teen-age women on the San Bernardino Freeway Jan. 6. Juan Carlos Villagrana, 24, said he shot the women after they insulted members of his gang, the Grape Street Gang. Villagrana is accused of shooting Virginia Romero, 18, of Cudahy, Diane Enriquez, 19, of Fontana, and Gabriela Bengoa, 19, of South Gate, after they left a party in San Gabriel. Romero was critically injured in the shooting.
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