Court documents reveal they were bitter enemies. The suspect was shot six months ago. The victim was targeted last Wednesday. Their rivalry ended Friday morning when the 15-year-old boy was shot dead as he waited to board a bus for school. Children getting off the school bus are met with a memorial for one of their neighbors at the WestRidge Estates mobile home park. Uriel Hernandez-Martinez, 20, known as the rival gang’s “Big Homie,” or leader, is the man Everett police say murdered the teen as part of a long-running feud between gangs.
Investigators say Hernandez-Martinez admitted to others that he and another gang member pulled the trigger. His public defender attorney argued that is not evidence enough to hold him for first-degree murder. The prosecution vigorously argued that it is.
