People v. Calderon

Opinion

SONENSHINE, Acting P. J.

—Danny Calderon, Jr., became involved in a quarrel with Hiep Bui and another man near the handball courts at Memorial Park in Santa Ana. Calderon retrieved a shotgun from his car and shot at Bui four times. He missed Bui, but hit seven-year-old Felix Angel, who was playing five feet away. Angel suffered a broken arm and a skull fracture. Although he denied it, Calderon was suspected to be a member of a street gang and Bui a member of a rival gang. Calderon maintained he was drunk at the time and was intending only to scare Bui.

Pursuant to a plea bargain,…