On Tuesday, prosecutors revealed new evidence in the case of a rollerblading gunman accused of a West Central Fresno murder nearly four years ago.<\/p>\n
“You’re the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a murder,” Fresno Police Detective Ryan Rockwell is heard telling Alejandra Munoz during a recorded interview.<\/p>\n
“Alejandra, I’m going to let you know right now that’s not what the video shows,” Rockwell said. “I know what you just told us is not completely truthful.”<\/p>\n
Munoz and Guillermo Perez are on trial, each charged with murder for the death of Richard Martin outside the FreshCo Foods at Shields and Brawley Avenue.<\/p>\n
The 70-year-old died in his car, police say, shot to death by a man on roller blades.<\/p>\n
“A person on roller skates, roller blades comes out of your car and starts rolling around the parking lot,” Rockwell told Munoz.<\/p>\n
Investigators believe the gunman came from Munoz’s car, but she refused to answer who was with her.<\/p>\n
“We have to know who that person on roller blades was,” Rockwell said.<\/p>\n
The recorded interview played for an hour. As police highlighted Munoz’s inconsistencies, the jury saw her frustration in real time.<\/p>\n
“I have something very important to say,” Rockwell said amid crosstalk with Munoz. “Would you listen to me instead of talking over me, please?”<\/p>\n
Munoz eventually walked out of the interview room after saying she needed an interpreter.<\/p>\n
“Albeit she had a thick accent, she understood,” Rockwell testified on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Rockwell believes Munoz traced the FreshCo parking lot before the shooting.<\/p>\n
Munoz’s attorney pushed back.<\/p>\n
“Did you establish that she painted virtually every store in that shopping center?” defense attorney Mark Coleman said.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know about every store, but she did, in the interview you just watched, I believe she referred to painting at the FreshCo,” Rockwell said.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the motive centers around a civil lawsuit. At the time of his death, the victim had recently settled a case against his previous employer, who had connections to Munoz.<\/p>\n
The jury heard from that employer last week and will now hear more evidence in the days ahead.<\/p>\n
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