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MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - 30-year-old Narciso Gallardo Fernandez, charged with execution and attempted execution successful a shooting astatine a Madera Walgreens, pleaded not blameworthy to some charges successful Department 21 of the Madera County Superior Court Wednesday.
He was determination successful person, talkative, and adjacent appeared to grin and laughter astatine immoderate points passim the arraignment, each successful beforehand of the affectional household members of deceased Walgreens worker Erick Velasquez.
Fernandez is charged with the premeditated execution of him, and the attempted execution of Walgreens Manager Diego Ramirez, aft constabulary accidental Fernandez drove from Pixley connected Monday, and walked into the store connected West Cleveland Avenue with a gun.
Authorities accidental helium opened fire, striking some men; men they accidental helium had nary anterior past oregon narration with.
"Because of however shocking it is, you know, our main interest is making definite that the assemblage knows that they're safe," said Madera County Deputy District Attorney Nick Karp pursuing the arraignment Wednesday.
While constabulary accidental much radical were successful the store astatine the clip of the shooting, Karp says they were lone capable to record the 2 charges for execution and attempted murder, with enhancements for intentional usage of a firearm and usage of a firearm.
Still, YourCentralValley.com asked whether much charges are possible.
"We're inactive getting information, gathering information. From what we person close now, these were the charges that were astir appropriate. But certainly, if we get much information, if that facts travel backmost that suggest that further charges are appropriate, we're going to record those," helium said.
Velasquez leaves down his woman and 2 children, arsenic good arsenic an extended family. All of them asked for privateness connected Wednesday.
Karp says the man's woman is doing her champion with the unimaginable circumstances.
"Obviously she's distraught, understandably. So, we volition speech with them more," helium told us. "It's going to beryllium a infinitesimal earlier she's capable to person a afloat speech astir what conscionable happened and what's going to hap successful the future."
Madera Police is inactive investigating arsenic to wherefore precisely the shooting occurred and is moving with the FBI and different agencies to find that. Although they accidental Fernandez has a past of 'anger" toward pharmacies.
He volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal for a pre-preliminary proceeding connected April 4, earlier his preliminary proceeding begins connected April 14.
His bail is acceptable astatine $3 million, and if he's recovered blameworthy of each charges and enhancements, helium could get up to beingness successful authorities prison.
