Student Says She Saw Skinhead Fire Gun at Parked Car : Antelope Valley: Teen-ager testifies at hearing that there were African Americans in the vehicle in front of high school.

A former Antelope Valley High School student testified Tuesday that she saw a skinhead nicknamed “Evil”--a man prosecutors believe to be Chris Parker--shoot into a car parked in front of the school in February. Inside the parked car were four African Americans, including a year-old baby.

“I saw the gun out of the passenger window,” said Mandy Olson, 17, at a preliminary hearing for three men charged in the shooting that sparked an outcry over hate crimes in the Antelope Valley.

“I saw the three blacks’ window was shattered,” Mandy said.

No one was seriously injured in the shooting, but Stanton Roberts, 19, Clarence Davis, 17, Eric Dooley, 20, and his infant daughter Ashley were grazed by bullets and cut by glass as they sat waiting for Dooley’s girlfriend in a car in front of the school.

Parker, 18, and Robert Garland, 21, allegedly the driver of the car in which Parker was riding, are charged with four counts of attempted murder, commission of a hate crime, and child endangerment. Both are residents of Lancaster. Charged with the same crimes was Robert Andrew Jones, 20, of Gardena, who was allegedly riding in the vehicle.

The three men are being held in Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of a combined bail of more than $2 million. If ordered to stand trial and convicted on all counts, they could face a maximum sentence of life in prison, prosecutors said.

Authorities say they believe the men are members of a white supremacist gang called the Peckerwoods, and may also be affiliated with another skinhead group called the Nazi Low Riders.

Mandy’s testimony in Los Angeles Municipal Court came during the second day of the hearing, which is likely to conclude Thursday.

The shooting sent shock waves through the high desert community of Lancaster, forcing various political and law enforcement officials, including the FBI and the Justice Department, to investigate what may be a growing skinhead threat there.

The defendants, whose shaved heads have grown in since their arrests, have noticeable tattoos on their necks and arms. They sat chained during testimony, wearing blue jail uniforms. They often smirked and even laughed when witnesses described the incident, which occurred about 2:45 p.m. on Feb. 21 as students were leaving the school.

Eric Dooley, who was sitting in the front passenger seat on the afternoon of the shooting, testified that his cousin Stanton Roberts had to circle the school three times before he could find a place to park.

The first two times they circled, Dooley said, a group of skinheads standing on the corner of Division Street and Lancaster Boulevard looked at them “crazy.”

“They started staring at us . . . like we shouldn’t be there,” Dooley said.

Authorities said they believe the Peckerwoods were waiting to “rumble” with another gang called the SHARPS--Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice. When the SHARPS didn’t show up, prosecutors said, the Peckerwoods’ attention turned to the group in the car Roberts was driving.

Minutes after Roberts finally parked, Dooley said, he saw a white male jump into the yellow car. Suddenly, it sped near them and stopped, he said.

He heard gunshots, he testified, and then the windows shattered.

Dooley said he did not clearly see the shooter, but saw a man firing. “He fired toward the back of our car,” he said. “The back window caved in. They kept shooting and I ducked for my safety.”

Roberts was grazed by bullets but was able to hit the accelerator, Dooley said. Dooley, seeing that Roberts was bleeding, maneuvered the steering wheel until they reached Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center. In the back, he said, Clarence had thrown himself over Dooley’s daughter, but she had already been cut by glass.

James Boian, 16, a friend of Garland and also a student at Antelope Valley High School, testified that he also saw the shooting, but that he did not see who was firing the gun. He testified that he knew Garland to be a white supremacist and that they both held similar views.

White supremacist gangs have been a growing concern for African Americans in the Palmdale and Lancaster areas. The Antelope Valley Branch of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People has cited other incidents involving skinheads, including one during which middle school students were chased.

Earlier this month, the shooting and other incidents prompted the County Board of Supervisors to order the County Commission on Human Relations to study white supremacist gang activity in the Antelope Valley.