California gang war: 16-year-old mum, baby, 4 others killed.

In a blatant attack in an agricultural hamlet in central California that left six people dead at a residence connected to drugs and guns, a shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother holding her 10-month-old infant while pumping bullets into their skulls, a sheriff said Tuesday.

The young woman and her infant were murdered “assassination-style” by the killers who caught up to her outside the home in Goshen, a central California village of approximately 3,000 people in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley, early on Monday, according to Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux.

The other four fatalities, including a grandmother who was shot while she slept, were between the ages of 19 and 72. Later this week, their autopsies should be finished.

Authorities announced a $10,000 prize for information leading to the capture of two individuals and said they were looking for them.

“None of this happened by chance, “Boudreaux stated at a news briefing on Tuesday. “It was planned, purposeful, and horrifying.

Boudreaux changed his mind about the attack being probably a cartel hit and said that investigators are also looking into whether it was gang violence instead.

The sheriff stated, “I’m not ruling that possibility out.” “These guys were obviously shot in the head, and they were shot in positions where the gunman would know a rapid death would happen… This is comparable to high-ranking gang members and the manner in which they carry out their executions.

The sheriff claimed that law enforcement was familiar with the house and mentioned gang activity there that “has consistently occurred in the past” without providing any further details. The teenager, her grandmother, and of course the infant were among the casualties who were thought to be innocent, he said, noting that not everyone who was shot was a drug dealer or gang member.

The dead have been named as Rosa Parraz, 72; Eladio Parraz, Jr., 52; Jennifer Analla, 49; Marcos Parraz, 19; Alissa Parraz, 16; and Nycholas Parraz, 10 months, according to the sheriff’s office on Tuesday.

According to Boudreaux, the shooters had “no justification” to kill the young mother and her child.

“I am positive that the mother’s comfort was important to this 10-month-old infant. They had no justification to shoot that baby, yet they did, he continued.

Alissa was described by Samuel Pina as his granddaughter, and Nycholas, the infant, as his great-grandson.

He was quoted as saying on Monday, “I can’t wrap my head around what kind of monster would do this.

Pina claimed that in addition to Parraz and her unborn child being slaughtered, her father’s uncle, cousin, grandmother, and great-grandmother also lived with her father’s side of the family in Goshen.

He claimed that the family is stunned.

He answered, “It comes in tremendous waves.”

A number of bullets were fired at a home in the Goshen, California, hamlet around 3:38 a.m. on Monday, so many that it initially appeared there was an active shooter situation. Goshen is located about 170 miles (273.59 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles.

Later it was discovered that the caller was a person lurking on the premises. Deputies discovered two victims outside the house on the street and a third body at the doorstep when they arrived seven minutes later, according to Boudreaux.

Inside the house, deputies discovered several victims, including the grandmother. They found the teen mother and her child further down the street. She attempted to flee before the gunman caught up with her, stood over her, and fired several shots into her skull, according to a forensics examination, Boudreaux said.

This family was obviously a target, he declared.

The three survivors will be questioned by officials. One of them hid inside the house throughout the killings.

He was so terrified that all he could do was hold the door in the hopes that he wouldn’t become the next victim, according to Boudreaux.

Eladio Parraz Jr., a felon who was murdered in the shooting on Monday, was arrested on January 3 as a result of a search warrant at the home; nevertheless, Boudreaux claimed Parraz Jr. was not the “original intended target” and chose not to elaborate. According to jail records, 52-year-old Parraz Jr. had a lengthy criminal history that included reckless driving to avoid arrest, owning a firearm, and using drugs.

According to the sheriff, the search warrant resulted from a parole compliance inspection during which detectives discovered shot casings on the ground. According to Boudreaux, the residents would not permit officials to enter the house.

After finding ammo, a rifle, a shotgun, and methamphetamine in the house, they returned with a search warrant and detained Parraz Jr., according to court papers. Four days later, he was given a bail release.

Violence caused by drugs is not unfamiliar in rural California. Seven persons were shot and killed in 2020 in a small, rural community in Riverside County where the land had been utilized for an illegal marijuana growing enterprise, which was prevalent in that region.

The year after that, a man in Forbestown, Butte County, accidentally shot himself while working at his family’s illegal marijuana farm. His father and two siblings were charged with relocating his body to hide the grow site from the investigators.