It's been six months since the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by the California Highway Patrol, and we are still no closer to finding out the truth about what happened in a quiet, blind residential cul-de-sac in Fullerton, Calfornia when two unidentified men, who turned out to be undercover CHP officers, opened fire on two unarmed teens on that fateful night on July 3, one hour before Independence Day.
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| Unidentified undercover CHP officers shot from behind the cover of the unidentified and unmarked squad car at the red pickup truck driven by Pedro Villanueva as the truck tried to get by the squad car at slow speeds through only escape route available to the frightened teens |
What we do know is this: The two unidentified plain clothes CHP officers in question opened fire on and killed 19-year-old Pedro Villanueva and injured his 18-year-old passenger, Francisco Orozco, on July 3, after chasing them from a so-called "sideshow"—an unauthorized hot rod, street car event where car enthusiasts showed off their trucks and some drivers performed stunts like donuts—in an isolated swap meet parking lot in Santa Fe Springs, California, a suburb of the City of Los Angeles.
It should be made clear that the sideshow wasn't a race and wasn't held on any public streets; however, the California Highway Patrol made it their priority to secretly surveil the event as part of a statewide crack down on illegal hot rod car shows, and soon after, they shut down the sideshow, sending participants and attendees of the event needlessly scattering to the wind.
