{"id":59006,"date":"2014-12-20T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T01:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=59006"},"modified":"2014-12-20T17:36:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T01:36:38","slug":"2-arrested-in-car-to-car-shooting-of-teen-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/12\/20\/2-arrested-in-car-to-car-shooting-of-teen-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested in car-to-car shooting of teen girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several hours after the car-to-car shooting, a vehicle believed to be involved was stopped near Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street East. Three occupants were detained, and two were eventually arrested. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE \u2013 Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a gang-related car-to-car shooting in Palmdale Friday that critically wounded a teenage girl, authorities announced Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jaime Espinoza<\/strong>, 20, and Fernando Albarran Jr<\/strong>., 21, were booked at the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station jail Saturday morning on suspicion of attempted murder, according to Ryan Rouzan of the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau. The suspects, both residents of Palmdale, are each being held on $500,000 bail.<\/p>\n

Detectives said the car-to-car shooting occurred around 12:02 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19, in the area of 17th Street East and Avenue R in Palmdale.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn occupant of the suspect\u2019s vehicle shot into the victims\u2019 vehicle striking at least two occupants, one being the female juvenile who was sitting in the front passenger\u2019s seat,\u201d stated Deputy Grace Medrano of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. \u201cThe victims continued to drive to the 37800 block of Melton Avenue, Palmdale, where Palmdale Sheriff Station deputies contacted the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Deputies<\/a>
Deputies responded to the 37800 block of Melton Avenue in Palmdale regarding a \u201cgunshot victim\u201d call for service. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neighbors in the area said the girl was shot in the head. She was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition. The second wounded person did not sustain life-threatening injuries, a neighbor said.<\/p>\n

Several hours after the shooting, a vehicle believed to be involved was stopped by Palmdale Sheriff Station deputies in the area of Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street East, Medrano stated.<\/p>\n

Three occupants of that vehicle were detained in connection with the shooting. One of the detained was released pending further investigation into the shooting, while Espinoza and Albarran were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.<\/p>\n

The girl does not have any gang affiliation, but the suspects are believed to be gang members, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a gang-related car-to-car shooting in Palmdale Friday that critically wounded a teenage girl, authorities announced Saturday. Jaime Espinoza, 20, and Fernando Albarran Jr., 21, were booked at the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station jail Saturday morning on suspicion of attempted murder, according to Ryan Rouzan of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":59007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}