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According to reports, the suspect indiscriminately fired off at least 14 shots during the December 1, 2023 incident. The cold-blooded shots were fired at a group of homeless people who were living in tents on Honolulu Street. The shots hit every person in the group. 57-year-old Timothy Bratton and 38-year-old Ashley Brunell were fatally wounded. The three other homeless individuals were all seriously wounded.
During the trial, Perez explained why he committed the mass murder. Allegedly, his sister-in-law had suffered a traumatic home invasion earlier in the month. One day, when she was at a gas station, she spotted a man that reminded her of the attacker. She told Cristobal Perez that she suspected the man at the homeless encampment may have been the robber, so Perez decided to confront the man.
In an alleged attempt to protect his family, Perez armed himself with a 9mm and asked his girlfriend to drop him off a few blocks away from the encampment.
Perez should have not been in possession of a weapon due to a previous 2014 conviction. His girlfriend, reportedly knowing about his violent past, told him not to do “anything stupid” before she drove off. This participant, Kylee Young, is facing two counts of open murder and a count of conspiracy to commit murder for her role in the crime.
Perez headed to the encampment, shot at everyone congregating in the area, and quickly fled away. Police were able to identify Perez as the shooter based on geofencing data and cellular phone records. Authorities also recovered a video clip that showed the suspect running from the scene and jumping into a vehicle.
As a result, Perez was charged with 13 felony charges and ultimately was sentenced to serve 40 years to life behind bars as a result of the double murder.
Now that a third victim has passed away, the new death might prompt a second trial and forthcoming charges. Another murder charge would result in another 20 years to life sentence behind bars.
If the suspect gets hit with another murder charge, then that means he was charged with 14 different charges as a result of one criminal incident. This is completely legal, as a person can face multiple charges when several laws are violated. While the Fifth Amendment ensures that a suspect can’t be tried twice for the same criminal charge, that suspect can be tried twice for the same incident.
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