Overview
- A pop-up birthday party promoted on social media near Morgan Hill drew roughly 300 people and on July 25th became the scene of a shooting that killed one person and wounded six after about seven shots were fired from a single handgun.
- Investigators served a high-risk search warrant in Salinas last week and safely arrested a 17-year-old who is being held in juvenile custody with name and photo withheld because he is a minor.
- The Santa Clara County District Attorney has charged the teen with one count of murder and six counts of attempted murder and has filed to transfer the case to adult court.
- Authorities say community-submitted photos and videos provided through the FBI’s digital-media tip line, backed by a $20,000 reward, were key to identifying and locating the suspect.
- A juvenile-court judge will consider the prosecutor’s transfer request at late-September hearings reported as Sept. 21 or Sept. 23 and the ruling will determine whether the suspect faces juvenile limits or adult penalties and a possible life term.