Marin City shooting kills 1, wounds 2
A shooting in Marin City killed one person and left two others wounded on Sunday, the sheriff’s department reported.
The shooting happened at about 10 a.m. near Cole Drive and Drake Avenue in the Golden Gate Village neighborhood, said sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider. Authorities received several 911 calls from people who heard gunfire.
Deputies found the three gunshot victims near a vehicle. Authorities confirmed that one was dead. Medics took the other victims to a hospital, where they received treatment for injuries not considered life-threatening, Schneider said.
Schneider said he did not know if the vehicle was connected to the shooting.
The circumstances and motive behind the shooting remain under investigation. Detectives are looking for potential witnesses to the shooting and video surveillance footage from the area of Cole Drive, Drake Avenue and Terrace Drive.
Sources with information or footage can contact the Marin County Sheriff’s Office at 415-479-2311.
The coroner’s office has not released the name of the dead victim.
The case is the third gun homicide in Marin County in less than three months.
On March 3, a man was fatally shot in a parking lot in Golden Gate Village not far from the crime scene on Sunday. Deputies found the man dead on the ground next to a four-door sedan with the rear door open, and bullet casings on the ground.
Authorities identified the victim as Randy Ray Belanger, 18, of San Anselmo. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the case and has made no arrests.
On June 11, a gunshot victim collapsed in the street near the intersection of Medway Road and Mill Street in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
The coroner’s office identified the victim as Erick Boliver Mendez Vasquez, 33, of San Rafael. Within days, San Rafael police arrested a suspect: Alan Estuardo Aceitu Perez, 20, of Novato.
Police booked Aceitu Perez on suspicion of murder and participating in a criminal street gang. He is being held without bail at the county jail, and he is scheduled to enter a plea on Tuesday in Marin County Superior Court.
Marin County had an average of about three homicides per year from 2011 to 2020, according to the California Department of Justice. The counts over that period ranged from a high of six in 2015 to a low of zero in 2012. The 2021 figure has not been released.