Two men suspected in a deadly Halloween party shooting in Bakersfield that killed an 18-year-old woman were arrested Friday afternoon in Sacramento.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says Mario Leon, 21, and Giordan Crompton, 19, were arrested on State University Drive, which runs through the Sacramento State University campus.
The shooting happened in the early morning hours of Nov. 1 at a Halloween party in Bakersfield. Eighteen-year-old Judisbeth Silva was killed, and two other people were injured.
Silva’s family described her presence as touching more lives than words can express on a GoFundMe page created after her death.
Leon faces one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, along with robbery, firearm, and gang-related charges.
Crompton faces two counts of robbery and one count of participation in a criminal street gang.
Both men are being held at the Sacramento County Jail while they await transfer to Kern County.
Sacramento State officials told ABC10 the suspects have no affiliation with the university. They are not students and, to the university’s knowledge, are not employees.
When ABC10 spoke with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday night, officials said they did not know what the men were doing in Sacramento or exactly where they were arrested.
The sheriff’s office declined an on-camera interview but said it expected to provide an update on the investigation Monday morning.
The next step is to extradite the two men to Kern County. Deputies said the timing of the transfer will be determined in court.
The investigation remains ongoing.
The GoFundMe campaign for Silva’s family has raised more than $21,000.
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