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Joseph Hobbs, 11 years old
Shot and killed in Monterey Park
That light and passion was abruptly taken away Saturday afternoon when Hobbs, of Los Chavez, was shot and killed while visiting a home in Monterey Park.
Shortly after 3 p.m., Saturday, March 6, Valencia County sheriffâs deputies responded to a call of a shooting in the 30 block of Carmel Road.
When they arrived, deputies found Joseph dead in the front yard, having suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck.
Three suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting â Alexandria Tabora, 40; her son, Santos Mateo Garcia, 21; and Erik Carrillo-Garcia, 24, no relation.
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According to the criminal complaints, shortly before 2 a.m., Friday, Feb. 19, deputies with the Valencia County Sheriffâs Office were dispatched to 298 Meadow Lake Road about a disturbance at the residence, and were told a man was possibly shot in the chest.
When the first deputy arrived, he found a man lying face down on the ramp leading into the house and a second man face down on the floor of the living room. Both were unresponsive and not breathing. The two men were later identified as the Romero brothers, who lived at the house, according to a press release from VCSO.