Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+ <\/a><\/p>\nPolice officers responded to the park at about 11:33 p.m. Friday for a ShotSpotter activation, officials said. A man, later identified as Flores, was found at the park with an apparent gunshot wound.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Monday, officials said officers saw a \u201cblacked-out vehicle\u201d fleeing the area minutes after the ShotSpotter activation. Officers stopped the vehicle with three people inside and recovered a weapon.<\/p>\n
The suspects were identified as Brayden Mendez, Alexa Marmolejo and Joshua Holguin \u2014 all 18 years old \u2014 according to BPD.<\/p>\n
The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
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