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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-no-escondido-arrests-20170316-story.html
March 16, 2017
Two gang members have been arrested in the fatal shooting of an Escondido woman who was hit by gang gunfire last week as she drove home from church, police said Thursday.
The suspects — a 24-year-old man, accused of firing the gun, and a 16-year-old juvenile — were taken into custody Wednesday, Escondido Police Chief Craig Carter said at a news conference announcing the arrests. He didn’t name the pair, but said both are Escondido residents and U.S. citizens.
More arrests are pending, Carter said.
He said the March 7 shooting was an attempt to retaliate against rival gang members who had been tagging the Pepperwood Meadows apartment complex along East Grand Avenue between Rose Street and Midway Drive.
Instead, one of the bullets hit 55-year-old Cathy Kennedy as she drove eastbound along Grand about 9 p.m. not long after leaving a weekly bible study at the Church of St. Timothy where she was an active member. Kennedy was struck in the head and died at a hospital a short time later.
Cathy Kennedy on the left, and her daughter
March 16, 2017
Two gang members have been arrested in the fatal shooting of an Escondido woman who was hit by gang gunfire last week as she drove home from church, police said Thursday.
The suspects — a 24-year-old man, accused of firing the gun, and a 16-year-old juvenile — were taken into custody Wednesday, Escondido Police Chief Craig Carter said at a news conference announcing the arrests. He didn’t name the pair, but said both are Escondido residents and U.S. citizens.
More arrests are pending, Carter said.
He said the March 7 shooting was an attempt to retaliate against rival gang members who had been tagging the Pepperwood Meadows apartment complex along East Grand Avenue between Rose Street and Midway Drive.
Instead, one of the bullets hit 55-year-old Cathy Kennedy as she drove eastbound along Grand about 9 p.m. not long after leaving a weekly bible study at the Church of St. Timothy where she was an active member. Kennedy was struck in the head and died at a hospital a short time later.
Cathy Kennedy on the left, and her daughter