A Sureno gang member was sentenced to 110 years to life in prison for firing a volley of shots into a Salinas carport in 2016 along with two other men, wounding a 20-year-old victim who was playing cards, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said on Friday.
The shooting happened on April 18, 2016, just after 9 p.m. Three people were playing cards in the carport area of their apartment in the 2100 block of North Main Street.
Michael Ray Serrano, Juan Carlos Valenzuela Ceja and a third man all approached the carport and fired 23 rounds at the card players. One of the three victims was hit twice in the leg, prosecutors said.
Police investigators linked Ceja and Serrano to the shooting through Serrano's text messages, which indicated that the three Sureno members were out looking for Norteno gang members to kill, prosecutors said.
The victims were not affiliated with any gangs.
A jury convicted Ceja and Serrano of eight felonies for the shooting in February, including three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and shooting at an occupied building.
Serrano was already sentenced to 110 years to life on Aug. 14. The third accomplice has not been identified.
