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MURDER SUSPECTS IN COURT 05/10/11 7:40p.m. TDH

2-MEN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING A MARINA MAN IN MARCH WERE ARRAIGNED MONDAY IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURTROOM.  PROSECUTORS BELIEVE THAT THE VICTIM AND THE 2-SUSPECTS, 17-YEAR-OLD PEDRO VARGAS AND 19-YEAR-OLD EDGAR RODRIGUEZ WERE FELLOW GANG MEMBERS.   AT SOME POINT DURING A SHOOTOUT WITH RIVAL GANG MEMBERS, RODRIGUEZ IS ACCUSED OF ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTING HIS FRIEND.  17-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM TURCIOS DIED AFTER BEING TAKEN TO NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER.   BOTH MEN ARE BEING TRIED FOR MURDER AND OTHER CRIMES, VARGAS IS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT.   THEIR BAIL HAS BEEN SET AT 3-MILLION DOLLARS.

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