Pillar Point killer sentenced to 21 years

The gang member who fatally shot Carlos Patino of Redwood City man in the Pillar Point RV parking lot April 2004 was sentenced to 21 years in prison Tuesday. He plead no contest to voluntary manslaughter, reports the Daily Journal.

Patino and an unknown number of people believed to be part of the Sureño gang out of Half Moon Bay were at the parking lot of the Pillar Point RV Park and Surfer’s Beach on Cabrillo Highway when they allegedly began fighting with the Norteño gang from Antioch. A verbal argument reportedly escalated to physical fights and bottle throwing before the shooting began. Patino was fatally struck in the head and another acquaintance wounded by the gunfire.

Channel 5 has a report from Bay Cities News.