Police are providing extra patrol to the area. An SKS rifle police believe was used in the shootings was found Saturday in a creek near the 1600 block of Laguna Shores Road. The gun has been submitted to undergo ballistic and fingerprint tests, Alvarez said. As quickly as possible' Although police believe they have identified the three people primarily responsible for the Bazan-Lopez murders, the investigation continues, Alvarez said. Police are now looking for those who knew about plans for the shootings.
Police hope to charge the three men with criminal conspiracy.
Since the offense committed was capital murder, the criminal conspiracy charge would be a first-degree felony punishable by five to 99 years in jail. It is our intention to pursue criminal conspiracy charges on every individual connected to this incident. We want to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible. All rights reserved.