"These facts are not in dispute: In a span of four years and nine months, gang member William Arnold Armendariz III shot to death five people in three separate attacks, including the slayings of three people at a Banning cemetery in August 2020 as they held a memorial birthday party for a relative. Five years before that, just after midnight on Nov. 7, 2015, Armendariz had gunned down 51-year-old Charles Neazer on 5th Street in Banning."
"And in July of 2018, Armendariz was one of the people who fired upon a car on Navajo Drive in Banning, fatally injuring 21-year-old passenger Bradley Cunningham. Almost two years went by without an arrest, prompting Cunningham's mother, Michelle, to place messages on billboards imploring witnesses to identify the killers. Armendariz, now 28, was subsequently arrested in all five slayings and pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in May after the cases were consolidated."
Over a four-year, nine-month period, gang member William Arnold Armendariz III shot to death five people in three separate attacks, including three victims at a Banning cemetery in August 2020 during a memorial birthday. In November 2015 he gunned down 51-year-old Charles Neazer, whom he later mistakenly believed to be a rival gang member. In July 2018 he fired on a car on Navajo Drive, fatally wounding passenger Bradley Cunningham, prompting Cunningham's mother to place billboards appealing for witnesses. Armendariz, now 28, was arrested in all five slayings and pleaded guilty to five counts of murder after cases were consolidated. The penalty phase centers on whether he merits death or life imprisonment, with defense citing his upbringing and acceptance of responsibility and prosecutors emphasizing remorselessness.
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