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Salinas Suffers First Homicide of 2009

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SALINAS, Calif. - A man shot after leaving a party on Saturday night became Salinas' first homicide victim of the year.

Police say 20-year-old Frankie Espinoza was shot several times after leaving a party on Tampico Avenue.  Officers found Espinoza after friends trying to take him to the hospital crashed their car near the intersection of E. Alvin Dr. and Natividad Road.

Espinoza was flown by helicopter to a Bay Area hospital where he died of his injuries Sunday morning. The homicide is being investigated as gang-related.


January 10, 2009
1. Frankie Espinoza 20
10:20 p.m
1200 block of Tampico Avenue
January 11, 2009
2. Luis Fernando Rodriguez Garcia, 34
2:15 a.m (Jan 9)
1100 block of Cortez Street
January 12, 2009
3. Unknown, 15
9:04 AM
Burke Street
January 12, 2009
4. James Lopez, 26
2:00 p.m.
John Street and McGowan Drive
January 12, 2009
5. Jose Guevarra, 17
7:00 pm
Mae Ave. and Cortez St
January 15, 2009
6. Gabriel Amezcua, 30
8:46 pm
700 Blk of Las Casitas
February 26, 2009
7. Carlos Mejia 17
8:00 pm
918 Acosta Plaza
8. Francisco Alfaro 16
8:00 pm
918 Acosta Plaza
February 27, 2009
9. Noe Alvarez Amecua 24
12:55 pm
900 Block of Del Monte Ave.
March 30, 2009
10. Ishmael Mandujano 16
11:23 p.m.
N. Hebbron Ave and East St.
March 31, 2009
11. Unknown 18
7:00 p.m.
100 Blk. of Center St.
12. Unknown 19
7:00 p.m.
100 Blk. of Center St.
May 8, 2009
13. Unknown 34
7:30 p.m.
700 Blk. of East Market
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