Opinion ID: 2525107
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The gang rivalry

Text: In late 1989 and early 1990, defendant's 18th Street Gang was in a war with a rival gang, Crazy Riders. On December 15, 1989, defendant was walking with Polio near Pico Boulevard and Fourth Avenue in Los Angeles [1] when a white Toyota with license plate no. 2MTV878 pulled up beside them. A Crazy Riders member named Pompis exited the car and shot three times at defendant and Polio. Defendant and Polio ran to Fifth Avenue, where they were shot at twice more. The next day, the Crazy Riders Gang shot Luis Magallenes, an 18th Street Gang member nicknamed Bandit. Later that same day, an 18th Street Gang member nicknamed Flacko fatally shot Crazy Rider Nelson Mauricio Donis to retaliate for the shooting of Magallenes. On January 3, 1990, at approximately 5:00 p.m., 18th Street Gang members Jacinto Alonzo, and Walter Aguilar and his brother, Oscar Quijada, were driving near 12th Avenue and Venice Boulevard. The white Toyota pulled up and Pompis shot Quijada in the forehead. He was taken to the hospital and survived.