Couple Held in Fatal Shooting of Reseda Man
A Sylmar man and his common-law wife were arrested on suspicion of murder Saturday following the shooting death of a Reseda man in an altercation next to a convenience store parking lot, police said. Mario Montano, 27, was shot in the abdomen and arm with a 9-millimeter handgun at about 2 a.m. Saturday after apparently trying to break up a fight. He died at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, said Sgt. Jeri Weinstein of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Police later arrested Eugenio Rodriguez, 32, and Sucette Gallo, 36, at their home in a Sylmar trailer park at 15445 Cobalt Ave.
Police said Montano and his girlfriend went to the 7-Eleven at Saticoy Street and Tampa Avenue to buy milk. Before entering the store, Montano yelled at two men to stop fighting in a street next to the store, Weinstein said.
Rodriguez then drove by in a van and told Montano to mind his own business, officials said. The two argued, police said, and shots were fired.
Rodriguez and Gallo are being held on $1 million bail.
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