{"id":312753,"date":"2022-06-15T08:50:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=312753"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:55:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T18:55:21","slug":"july-27-preliminary-hearing-set-for-la-mesa-man-accused-of-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/july-27-preliminary-hearing-set-for-la-mesa-man-accused-of-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"July 27 preliminary hearing set for La Mesa man accused of shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A July 27 preliminary hearing has been set for a La Mesa man who is accused of fatally shooting a woman back in March while she was driving away from his home.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is not clear what happened between Thomas Evans III, 47, and Saundralina &#8220;Lina&#8221; Williams, 27, and the men in her car after 5:30 a.m. on March 5.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Evans &#8220;came out and confronted them,&#8221; outside his home, according to an arrest warrant affidavit that was filed in El Cajon Superior Court. The affidavit says the men apparently were &#8220;looking for targets of opportunity to steal&#8221; while driving around residential areas of La Mesa.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Evans got into his white Toyota truck and followed the car driven by Williams onto State Route 94. One passenger said he felt a bullet travel pass one of his ears, and then Williams was shot in the head while driving.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The car came to a stop east of Kenwood Drive and the passengers waved down a sheriff&#8217;s deputy. Williams was taken to a hospital where she later died after being taken off life support. She was a young mother of several children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Evans has pleaded not guilty to murder and with the special circumstance of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle that results in a murder. He is also charged with attempted murder of the two passengers and shooting at an occupied vehicle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Evans was arrested by the California Highway Patrol and remains in the George Bailey Detention Facility without bail.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>&#8211; Neal Putnam is a local court reporter.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Pixabay<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A July 27 preliminary hearing has been set for a La Mesa man who is accused of fatally shooting a woman back in March while she was driving away from his home. 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