Shooting at the Parc des Expositions: Murder charges filed against man suspected of shooting two brothers

EXHIBITION PARKS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Murder charges have been filed against a 33-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting two brothers in the Parc des Expositions area, prosecutors announced Monday.

Marcos Navarro, 33, faces two counts of murder for the June 1 killings of Sergio Rios, 33, and Ricardo Rios, 19, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. It is also alleged that Navarro personally used a firearm during the commission of the crime.

The shooting happened around 2 p.m. near the intersection of Budlong Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The two brothers were in their parked car when the suspect fired multiple shots and shot them outside their home, prosecutors said. Sergio died at the scene and Ricardo later died in hospital.

Family members said the brothers did everything together and went to get food for the family before the shooting.

At a news conference Monday attended by the victims' families, police said investigators believe there is no connection between Navarro and the brothers.

“This person took away our future… We have two 2-year-old twins and we had plans for them, to raise them,” Mabel Lopez, Sergio's wife, said alongside the family.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

“We express our sincere sympathy to the relatives of the brothers who lost two family members to senseless armed violence,” prosecutor George Gascón said in a statement. “These tragic deaths underscore the urgency of keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people.”

Navarro is being held on $5 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned July 3.

If convicted as charged, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

A GoFundMe page has been created to help the victims' families.