"A coach at Elmhurst Middle School was standing on campus during a break when two men pulled up in a Chevrolet Tahoe, wearing ski masks, and jumped out of the car, according to police. "You got my cousin jumped," one of them allegedly told the man. "We're going to smoke you." A month later, on Dec. 15, one of the men made good on his threats, police said. The coach was walking on 98th Avenue during the day when a man pulled up in, asked the coach if he worked at Elmhurst, then opened fire twice. Both shots missed the coach, who called police after the gunman's Chevrolet Tahoe sped off."
"Now, authorities have identified the suspected gunman as Carlos Lozano, 30, a San Leandro resident who has now been charged with attempted murder, assault with a firearm, gun possession as a felon, committing a hit and run while attempting to drive away from the scene, and with making the original threat against the coach on Nov. 18, at the middle school. Lozano, who remains jailed without bail, has also been charged with having a gun in his car when police arrested him at a San Leandro gas station on Dec. 29, court records show."
A coach at Elmhurst Middle School was threatened on Nov. 18 when two ski-masked men pulled up in a Chevrolet Tahoe and told him, "You got my cousin jumped" and "We're going to smoke you." On Dec. 15 a man pulled up, asked if the coach worked at Elmhurst, then fired two shots at him on 98th Avenue; both shots missed and the Tahoe sped off. Authorities identified suspect Carlos Lozano, 30, of San Leandro, and charged him with attempted murder, assault with a firearm, felon with a gun, hit-and-run, and making the earlier threat; he remains jailed without bail. Police also charged Lozano after finding a gun in his car during a Dec. 29 arrest at a San Leandro gas station. The shooting occurred about a month after Laney College coach John Beam was killed in a similar targeted attack.
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