Opinion ID: 1693842
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Heading: Police Response/Investigation

Text: Crosby testified that after the shooters had left, she screamed for help, deadbolted the door, and called 911. When the police arrived at around 4:20 a.m. Crosby could not unlock the door so they kicked it in. An officer asked Crosby who did the shooting and she said Two Mexicans and one mulatto. Crosby told the police that she thought she recognized one of the suspects and she later identified Green from a picture out of her high school yearbook. Police also retrieved the surveillance tape from Perkins and observed Green, Valtierra, and Medal-Mendoza leaving about the same time that Crosby said the suspects reported that they were delayed at the restaurant. Police determined that a total of six shots were fired in the apartment. Each of the three victims was shot twice at close range. Crosby was hit in the leg and in the chest. Glasgow was shot in the head and in the chest and died at the scene. Costilla was shot in the head and in the neck and died later at the hospital. Police later found $560 in cash in Glasgow's pocket. Police recovered fragments from four of the six bullets that were fired in the apartment, but no bullet casings. Later forensic testing revealed that all four fragments were fired from the same .38 caliber handgun. There was no evidence or suggestion that anyone other than Medal-Mendoza fired any of the shots. The firearm was never recovered.