Two men face life in prison for shooting up an LA strip club on Halloween and wounding three after they were kicked out for refusing to wear masks
Edgar Nava-Ayala, 34, and Daniel Juvenal Ocampo, 22, were arrested on Dec. 17 in connection to the drive-by shooting at Sahara Theater in Anaheim, California
20-year-old Juan Jose Acosta-Soto was also arrested for his part in the drive-by shooting
All three had been at the Sahara Theater on Halloween night when they were escorted out for refusing to wear masks
The trio allegedly left the club and soon returned with the loaded firearm, with Nava said to have shooting at least 15 rounds into the establishment
All three pleaded not guilty Monday in a hearing in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and were ordered to return to court Jan. 4 for a pretrial hearing in the West Justice Center in Westminster.
Nava-Ayala is charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with an assault weapon and a count of shooting into an occupied building. He also faces sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder, the personal use of an assault weapon and causing great bodily injury. He could face up to 82 years to life in prison if convicted at trial.
Ocampo Nava is also charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with an assault weapon and one count of shooting into an occupied building. He also faces sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder and supplying a firearm for the commission of a felony. He faces up to 21 years to life in prison if convicted at trial.
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Two California men could face life in prison after being accused of shooting into a strip club they got booted from for not wearing masks.
A Halloween trip to the Sahara Theatre, a strip club in Anaheim 4 miles east of Disneyland, was cut short after Edgar Nava-Ayala, Daniel Ocampo and Juan Acosta-Soto were kicked out by security guards for not complying with the venue s mask requirements.
They returned to the Sahara in a red Toyota Camry. Nava-Ayala allegedly fired about 15 rounds from an AK-47 semiautomatic rifle “indiscriminately” into the club, according to statements from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Anaheim Police Department.