The chief suspect in a mass shooting that killed four people, including one child, and injured one, has been accused of violent crimes in the past, The Epoch Times has learned.
Records from the Orange County Superior Court show that Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, 44, was charged with child abuse and endangerment, assault with a deadly weapon that was not a gun, dissuading a witness, and assault and battery charges on March 31, 2015.
Those charges came exactly six years prior to the most recent crimes he’s accused of.
Gonzales was a truck driver, and on Sept. 18, 2014, was charged with a driving-related infraction.
A public records search shows that Gonzalez had been a truck driver for a number of years, for companies Mina Trucking, Red Cone Trucking, and USA Dump Trucking, all located in Anaheim.
Jenevieve’s mother, Blanca Tamayo, survived the shooting. As of April 4, she remained hospitalized in critical condition.
Gonzales has been charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. He’s also facing a special-circumstance allegation of multiple murders, which makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
Police said that Gonzalez’s last known address was in Fullerton and that he knew all of his victims, including the 9-year-old boy.
“He is not conscious,” said Gonzalez’s attorney, Assistant Public Defender Ken Morrison. “We have been unable to communicate with him.”
Investigators believe that Gonzalez had been living out of a motel in Anaheim and used a rental car to drive to the business center where the mass shooting occurred.
According to court records, Gonzalez filed for divorce from his wife on Jan. 25, 2005. The divorce was finalized on Dec. 11, 2006.
They had a child together.