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Police say two were arrested in connection with deadly Chico shooting, one at large

A Chico Police vehicle.
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A Chico Police vehicle.

The Chico Police Department and Butte County District Attorney updated the public on Friday afternoon on the mass shooting that took place in the early hours of May 6.

One young woman was killed and five others injured at an apartment complex on Columbus Avenue.

Police said they have identified three suspects affiliated with known gangs. The shooters drove up to a college party and sprayed the crowd with bullets.

Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge said two of the suspects were arrested on Thursday in Hamilton City. Aldridge identified the suspects as Chico resident Oscar Castrejon-Sanchez and Hamilton City resident Marcos Douglas-Ayala.

District Attorney Mike Ramsay said the two have been charged with murder and attempted murder and are being held in Butte County Jail. Bail is currently set at $1 million for Marcos. Sanchez is being held without bail.

Aldridge said police identified a third suspect in the case who has since fled the area. His name is Alejandro Manuel Douglas, and is said to be a relative of the two who are in custody.

Aldridge said Douglas was already wanted for evading probation on a drug trafficking conviction in South Carolina.

“We are working with the U.S. Marshals’ office who is actively searching for Douglas,” Aldridge said.

Police said agencies across local, state and federal jurisdictions are involved in the investigation.

The two men being held are due in court on Monday afternoon.

More information on the suspects can be found on the Chico Police Department’s Facebook page.

The person who was fatally shot was 17-year-old Justina Stubbe. She and the other five victims were all Oroville residents.

The Oroville community has been rocked by the deaths of several young men and women this year.

In honor of Stubbe and Tavian McCarter, another young Oroville resident who died of cardiac arrest in April, community members changed the city’s hillside letter from an “O” to a “T” and a “J” for Tavian and Justina.

Jamie was NSPR’s wildfire reporter and Report For America corps member. She covered all things fire, but her main focus was wildfire recovery in the North State. Before NSPR, Jamie was at UCLA, where she dabbled in college radio and briefly worked as a podcast editor at the Daily Bruin.