YAKIMA, Wash. -- The suspects in the gang-related shooting death of a 22-year-old Toppenish man made their first court appearances in the case Monday.
All three were arrested after a police raid at a Yakima home on Sunday.
Bail was set at $1 million for the 19-year-old murder suspect.
A witness who wanted anonymity because she feared imminent retaliation for talking to police identified the shooter, who reportedly admitted to others that he was the shooter.
The suspects' car was later located by police in Wapato.
Bail was set at $30,000 for a man arrested on suspicion of illegally possessing a firearm on the night of the murder. The man displayed a gun after being asked to leave a party in Toppenish.
The eventual victim and others with him were just arriving at the same party when the suspect showed the gun.
The homicide victim, Ladislado Avila, was later driving in Toppenish when he and his friends noticed they were being followed. They tried to evade the following car, but Avila was hit once in the head by a bullet.
The third suspect was being held on parole violations. Police said they expected to seek unspecified charges against related to the homicide.
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