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Ventura County man convicted of two murders and two attempted murders

Kristian Fonseca faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A Ventura County man has been convicted of two first-degree murder charges for an October 2020 shooting in Santa Paula.

Santa Paula Police investigators say Kristian Fonseca was part of a tagging crew that got into a fight with another group of taggers. After one of the members of the other crew fought with Fonseca, the Oxnard man opened fire on the group.

Jose Estrada and Daniel Zuniga were shot and killed. A third person was hit but recovered.

Fonseca was also convicted of two counts of attempted murder for an October 2019 shooting in Santa Paula. One of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, which left him with permanent disabilities. Fonseca faces a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.