Teen Girl Arrested For Execution-Style Slayings

Posted: 9:01 pm PDT July 29, 2010
Updated: 7:09 am PDT July 30, 2010

HAYWARD, Calif. -- A 17-year-old girl was arrested Thursday afternoon as the second suspect in connection with the robbery and execution-style shooting deaths of two teenage boys in Hayward in May, according to Hayward police.

Rafael Avila and Carlos Buenrostro, both 18-year-old Hayward boys, were shot in the 21600 block of Westpark Street in Hayward at about 1 a.m. on May 9, which was Mother's Day, police Capt. Darryl McAllister said.

He said the first suspect, 21-year-old Isaiah Washington of Oakland, had already been in custody for an unrelated parole violation since shortly after the fatal shootings.

McAllister said the 17-year-old girl, who is from Fremont, was arrested at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday when she went for a job interview at a Hayward job placement organization.

The girl, whose name wasn't released because she's a juvenile, had originally been arrested along with Washington shortly after the May 9 fatal shootings but was released from custody because police didn't yet have enough evidence to charge either of the suspects, McAllister said.

The girl is now being held at the Alameda County Juvenile Hall in San Leandro and is expected to appear in juvenile court in that city next week, he said.

According to McAllister, investigators believe the shooting occurred when Washington and the girl happened upon Avila and Buenrostro when the victims were getting out of their car.

He said police believe Washington and the 17-year-old targeted the two victims to rob their valuables, "blitzed" them, and ordered them to the ground at gunpoint.

McAllister said police believe the two suspects went through the victims' pockets and car before firing multiple shots at them for no apparent reason.

Washington and the 17-year-old girl fled the shooting scene in their car at a high rate of speed but were eventually arrested in Oakland following a foot chase, according to McAllister.

The weapon used in the crime has yet to be recovered.

“We believe both of them handled the gun. We can put the gun in both of their hands,” said McAllister. “We believe that the evidence is fairly strong that at least the young lady did, if not both of them.”

Washington and the teenage girl were each charged Thursday with two counts of murder, armed robbery and other charges for May incident, according to Hayward police.

Washington will be arraigned on an amended complaint that includes the two murder charges when he returns to Alameda County Superior Court in Hayward on Wednesday.

The two young men killed have been buried in graves next to each other. Police said Washington could face the death penalty.

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