In the middle of the night, in the middle of the street, outside a home in Goshen, California, a teen mother and her 10-month-old baby were shot in the head at close range.
Police in Tulare County released new details about the massacre in Goshen, California on Monday, January 16 that killed six people, an entire family, including a 72-year-old grandmother, a teen mom, and her 10-month-old baby.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said that the 16-year-old was running away from a massacre occurring in her house when the killers caught up with her on the street outside the home and shot both her and her baby “assassination style.”
The victims, who were all part of the same family, were identified as Rosa Parraz, 72; Marco Parraz, 19; Eladio Parraz Jr., 52; Alissa Parraz, 16, Nycholas Parraz, 10 months and Jennifer Analla, 50.
Deputies are searching for two suspects and announced a reward of $10,000 to anyone who comes forward with information leading to the arrests.
Officers received a call about loud gunfire in the Harvard Road neighborhood at around 3:30 am. Upon arrival at the scene, deputies found the teen and baby on the street and a third victim in the doorway of the house. They found two more victims in the home and one who was still alive. They rushed him to the hospital, but he died shortly after arrival.
It was later learned that a survivor had hidden inside the house and called 911. Three people managed to survive the slaughter.
Sheriff Boudreaux said that even though at first they believed the attack was linked to a drug cartel, they were not ruling out gang violence related to drug trafficking.
About a week before the shootings, police had a warrant and searched the house and recovered marijuana, methamphetamine, firearms and money. They had arrested 52-year-old convicted felon Eladio Parraz, but he got bailed out a few days later and was killed in the shooting on the 16th.
According to Sheriff Boudreaux, even though the home had gang and drug activity history, sadly an innocent 16-year-old and her baby lost their lives.
