{"id":8702674,"date":"2022-12-31T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8702674&preview=true&preview_id=8702674"},"modified":"2023-01-01T07:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T15:11:26","slug":"two-suspected-surenos-take-plea-deal-in-2014-concord-homicide-that-was-part-of-massive-2020-gang-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/12\/31\/two-suspected-surenos-take-plea-deal-in-2014-concord-homicide-that-was-part-of-massive-2020-gang-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Two suspected Sure\u00f1os take plea deal in 2014 Concord homicide that was part of massive 2020 gang probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARTINEZ \u2014 Two alleged Concord gang members have accepted plea deals and prison sentences spanning more than a decade in a 2014 homicide that became part of a massive investigation into the Sure\u00f1o gang, court records show.<\/p>\n

Juan Barocio Jr., 29, and Rafael Arturo Lopez, 34, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the April 2014 shooting death of 18-year-old Victor Gutierrez. In return, Barocio received an 11-year prison term and Lopez was sentenced to 12 years.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez, an Antioch resident, was fatally shot<\/a> on the evening of April 15, 2014, while walking on the 1600 block of Adelaide Street in Concord. Police ultimately determined Barocio and Lopez were simply driving around the city looking for potential rivals to shoot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Charging records alleged that Barocio drove a van to and from the scene of the crime, and that Lopez used a pistol equipped with a laser sight to open fire at Gutierrez after spotting him walking by. Police have not said whether Gutierrez really was a rival gang member or if he was simply mistaken for one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n