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Deputy District Attorney Christina Arrollado alleged that Ector and others went to Emerald Hills Park because they believed rival gang members responsible for a fellow member s killing would be at the park. Spelmon, who was not a gang member, was working on his car with friends when he was shot, the prosecutor said.
Ector and his co-defendant, 21-year-old Kenneth Earl Brooks, are also charged with Abdalla s killing, which was the result of a plan to locate and shoot and kill rival gang members over the course of several days last year, according to the prosecution.
Arollado said that plan resulted in gunshots fired at a Bankers Hill Airbnb property where the defendants allegedly believed rival members were staying. The defendants then allegedly ventured into rival gang territory, where Abdalla was shot.
Arrest made in two deadly shootings in Emerald Hills
Paul Anderegg/KGTV
and last updated 2021-05-27 18:01:01-04
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 21-year-old alleged gang member was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of fatally shooting a man and woman in Emerald Hills over the course of the last 12 months.
Detectives arrested Kenneth Earl Brooks of San Diego on Wednesday in connection with the slayings of Tamara Shellum two weeks ago and Arif Abdalla last year in the suburban enclave east of Interstate 805 and south of state Route 94, according to San Diego police.
Shellum, 44, was found dead shortly before 10 a.m. May 9 in a parked car with bullet holes in its windshield on Bethune Court, alongside Emerald Hills Park.
Stepsister: Emerald Hills murder victim feared for her safety
Kim Bryant
and last updated 2021-05-12 20:43:57-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Loved ones are mourning the death of an Emerald Hills woman found dead in her car, her vehicle apparently pierced with bullet holes through the windshield.
At 10:50 p.m. Saturday, surveillance video at a home next to Emerald Hills Neighborhood Park reveals the quiet of the night, interrupted by the apparent sound of a series of gunshots.
About 20 minutes minutes later, video shows police arriving to investigate.
Neighbors says they looked around for more than 10 minutes and eventually left.