Aztec Who Gunned Down Four People, Including White Teen, Faces Capital Trial

The white teen would have still been alive if he’d just avoided Mexicans like the plague.

Instead, he was driving around with two of them.

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The trial of a 20-year-old man accused of gunning down four people has been delayed as it becomes a capital punishment case.

On the night of February 3, 2019, Jacob Montgomery, 19, Juan Duarte Raya, 18, and Yuliana Garcia, 17, were found dead inside a Toyota Corolla that crashed into a parked Jeep near the intersection of Sunny Dunes and El Placer roads.

30 minutes later, Carlos Campos Rivera, 25, was also found dead on Canon Drive.

Jose Larin-Garcia was identified as the suspect behind all four deaths. He was arrested at a Greyhound bus station in Indio on February 4.

According to PSPD Officer Colantuono, Larin-Garcia told the officer when he responded to the scene, “How can I be okay? I just witnessed a murder,” when questioned.

A PSPD detective detailed what was reportedly found in Larin-Garcia’s room during the investigation; long-sleeve shirt with blood on it, ammunition magazines, a pistol case for a Glock, and gun-cleaning supplies.

Larin-Garcia’s attorney John Patrick Dolan told News Channel 3 that his client was friends with Montgomery. According to Detective Steve Grissom, Larin-Garcia was also friends with Carlos Campos Rivera.

Dolan also said Larin-Garcia was in the car with Montgomery, Garcia, and Duarte Raya on the night of their killings.