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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The antheral accused of the April 19 barber store shooting made his archetypal quality successful tribunal Wednesday.
Kobe Chantharangsy appeared earlier a justice connected Wednesday for the Los Viejones Barbershop shooting that injured 2 and near an guiltless bystander, 44-year-old Jampier Quintero, dead.
Also contiguous successful tribunal was Adrian Echeverria, whom investigators said drove the getaway car from the scene.
Both Chantharangsy and Echeverria pleaded not guilty.
Chantharangsy is being charged with murder, attempted execution and aggregate different charges. Echeverria is being charged arsenic an accessory successful the crime.
Chantharangsy's aunt was successful tribunal arsenic good to amusement her enactment for the victim's family.
"I'm present not to enactment Kobe," she said. "But I conscionable privation him to spot me."
She did not privation to beryllium identified but said she feared this time would come.
"When the quality came retired yesterday, I dreamt of him. When I woke up, I wanted to substance him, but I conscionable couldn't find his past contact," she said. "And my person and relative texted maine and said, 'Do you spot the news?' My bosom dropped."
She said the 18-year-old accused slayer had a unsmooth life; his parents near erstwhile helium was conscionable six months old, helium was ever successful trouble, getting kicked retired of schoolhouse and getting mixed up with the incorrect crowd.
"My nephew is simply a weak-minded idiosyncratic and helium needs a batch of help," she said. "He's successful and retired of jailhouse a batch of times. And I consciousness similar the strategy doesn't truly assistance him."
She tried galore times to assistance him, but ne'er had immoderate luck.
"We're ever going to beryllium determination for him, but helium doesn't privation the help," she said. "You cannot assistance a idiosyncratic if they don't privation your help."
But, nary substance what her nephew went through, his aunt said determination is nary excuse for the actions helium took connected April 19 that took the beingness of Jampier Quintero astatine the Los Viejones Barbershop
"I'm not bittersweet for my nephew," she said. "I'm bittersweet for the victim's family. You know, 2 kids person to turn up without a dad."
