A woman executed her former friend in Chula Vista because she believed the victim had caused her boyfriend to be fatally shot by police, a prosecutor said Wednesday, while a defense attorney argued the victim was actually shot to death by gang members who set her client up to take the fall.
Opening statements and witness testimony were heard Wednesday in the trial of Vanesa Gastellu, 31, who is charged with murder in the shooting death of 23-year-old Christina Garcia.
Deputy District Attorney Christopher Rhoads told jurors that Gastellu and others took Garcia to that field because they believed Garcia had"snitched" to law enforcement, leading to the shooting death of their fellow gang member and Gastellu's on-again, off-again boyfriend, David Angulo.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
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