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Eleven now behind bars in shooting
Published October 29, 2009
SEGUIN — Police announced Wednesday afternoon the arrest of the brother of the shooting victim in an alleged Oct. 16 confrontation between the Crips and Mexican Mafia criminal street gang.
And court documents reveal that Garland Craig Taylor, 20, who died of a single gunshot wound to the head in the wake of the Friday night fight on Anderson Street, is believed by police to be a member of the 74 Hoover Crips gang.
Seguin Police Detective Sgt. Aaron Seidenberger said Kendall Green, 17, had been taken into custody on an allegation of engaging in organized criminal activity intending to commit aggravated assault. If proved at trial, the offense is a first-degree felony punishable by five to 99 years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Darrell Hunter set Green’s bail at $150,000, and he was taken to Guadalupe County Jail late Wednesday.
Green joined a long line of people police say are members of the Crips or the Mexican Mafia or who were reported to be present at the confrontation in which Taylor sustained the wound that resulted in his death three nights later at San Antonio’s University Hospital.
They include:
• Darrell Sheffield, 23, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault, $150,000 bail.
• Timothy Dailey, 18, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault, $150,000 bail.
• Gregory Popham, 19, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault, $150,000 bail.
• An unidentified 16-year-old boy, detained by juvenile authorities for engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault.
• David Buitron Jr., 37, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of less than 1 gram of a controlled substance, penalty group 1, evidence tampering, $265,000 bail.
• Christopher Buitron, 23, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, $150,000 bail.
• Mark Buitron, 22, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, $150,000 bail.
• Marcus Placencia, 39, engaging in organized criminal activity intending other felony, $155,600 bail.
• Angelica Lopez, 39, engaging in organized criminal activity intending other felony, $150,000 bail.
• Jordan Sheffield, 19, engaging in organized criminal activity intending aggravated assault.
Police were still interviewing witnesses and seeking one suspect Wednesday, and Seidenberger said additional arrests remained possible.
So far, none of the suspects have been charged with the actual shooting. Police reported spent rounds from two different weapons were found not far from where Taylor, who was reportedly hunkered down in the back of a pickup truck training a handgun in the direction of an Anderson Street home when he was hit, was found.
Police Chief Kevin Kelso, who says his patrol and criminal investigation divisions have worked extremely hard to cut off what police believe would have been a war of retaliation between the two gangs, said the investigation has been hampered by a lack of cooperation by witnesses and members of both factions.
“The reason it is difficult is because witnesses and bystanders are extremely reluctant to talk due to the fear of being retaliated against,” Kelso said.
Court documents obtained by the Seguin Gazette Enterprise reveal the confrontation that resulted in Taylor’s death was in itself retaliation for an incident earlier in the evening in which one of the arrested men, Timothy Dailey, was assaulted by three men — one of whom struck him with a beer bottle.
Those men were identified by witnesses and police as David Buitron Jr., Christopher Buitron and Mark Buitron.
“Tim (Dailey) stated that he knew Mark and Chris Buitron as brothers and he said he has known them for a few years,” Seidenberger said in his affidavit seeking a warrant for an arrest of the Buitrons. “Tim (Dailey) positively identified David Buitron Jr. by a photo line-up. He identified David as the person who struck him with the beer bottle.”
Hunter set a higher bail at $265,000 for David Buitron Jr. than he had for any of the others, but police still haven’t said who they believe fired the fatal shot.
In the second page of his affidavit, Seidenberger spelled out the various gang affiliations of some of the players in the dispute.
“David Buitron Jr. is a confirmed member of the Mexican Mafia,” Seidenberger wrote. “Christopher Buitron is a suspected member and has many tattoos indicating his affiliation with the Mexican Mafia. Chris is also known to associate with and has been involved in many incidents involving the Mexican Mafia. Mark Buitron is also known to associate with the Mexican Mafia. David, Christopher and Mark were all attending a party at the home of Marcus Placencia ... confirmed Mexican Mafia member.
Dailey, Seidenberger wrote, “ ... is an affiliated member of the 74 Hoover Crips street gang,” Seidenberger wrote. “David, Chris and Mark are aware of Tim’s affiliation due to prior documented incidents involving the Mexican Mafia and the 74 Hoover Crips. The fight on Anderson Street was provoked by David, Chris and Mark and as a result of the fight, there later was a retaliation by the 74 Hoover Crips, which resulted in the death of a member of the 74 Hoover Crips.”
Seidenberger concluded the document with a description of the Buitron brothers and their addresses.
“Based on the above information, I request that arrest warrants be issued,” Seidenberger wrote.
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