Javier Campos, who shot nine people on 24th Street in the Mission District in 2023, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday.
Campos, 26, pleaded guilty to assault with a semiautomatic firearm and committing violence to benefit his street gang, the 16th Street Surenos, according to a press release from the district attorney’s office.
Campos shot at a crowd of about 20 people who gathered outside of Mission Skateboards at 24th Street and Treat Avenue on the evening of June 9, 2023, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Dying Breed, a store and brand that shared the space with the skate shop.
Nine people were sent to the hospital, one of them in critical condition at the time. All survived.
Campos was arrested five days later in Santa Cruz.
At the time of the arrest, Campos had three warrants across the Bay Area, including one for an Oakland incident in which an 18-year-old was killed and seven others injured. He was also wanted in San Mateo County for illegal gun possession and for purportedly smuggling drugs into jail.
Campos had a previous conviction for carjacking and robbery.
Santa Cruz police also recovered a gun and magazine that Campos tossed out of a vehicle. After a test by a crime lab expert, the gun was found to leave similar markings to the casings found at the crime scene in the Mission District. Firearm experts also found bullet casings in the suspected getaway vehicle that matched those found at the crime scene.
The vehicle, a gray Mercedes-Benz, was not registered to Campos, but was linked to him and was found a couple blocks away from his residence in the city of Richmond.
A screenshot of an Instagram story from an account linked to Campos obtained by Mission Local in 2023, read “Imma make sure them n**** neva post up on that block again.” The post, which was put up three days after the shooting, featured a song called “Murder Alley.”
Campos grew up between Richmond and the Mission District, and his family had a long history with gun violence and gangs, said Sgt. Robert Trujillo, the lead police investigator in the case at a preliminary hearing in January 2024.
His father was shot and killed by his brother-in-law in Richmond in September 2012, and his step-brother was shot and killed near 16th and Mission streets two months later. Campos was 12 when those killings occurred.
Campos’ brother, Jonathan Escobar, was sentenced to 26 years in prison for a gang related killing in 2022.
Good riddance. What a loser.
What’s the current state of gang activity in the Mission?
A veritable “chip off the old block”; Javier Campos Sr. (I) and Jr. (II) must be so proud.
Heck, Javier’s (III) own uncle (his mom’s brother) murdered his ex-con father (Jr.) over a video game argument and only got 24 years!
Quite the “valores familiares” in the extended Campos clan!
I guess one can look on the “bright side” as Javier III can now join his older brother, Jonathan, who was sentenced in 2022 to 26 years in federal prison for homicide.
Oops, sorry, Javier III will spend his time in state prison and, since he was convicted of numerous enhancements, he’ll have to serve at least 85% (21 years 3 months) of his 25 year sentence.
Respectfully, Krazy Karl really got it wrong folks.
The brother-in-law shooting was not over video games. Yet another poser, posting inaccurate and FAKE news. Stop
REACHING Krazy Karl. (rolling mv eves and shaking my head). Posting inaccuracies never ends. Kindly.
Respectfully “Krazy K”,
Are you accusing Mission Local of purveying “fake news”?
Per the Mission Local article of June 14, 2023:
“His father, Javier Campos Jr., was murdered in a Richmond Taco Bell parking lot in September, 2012, just 11 days after he was released from prison for selling drugs. The elder Campos reportedly argued with his brother-in-law, Ismael Luis Carrillo, over a video game, and asked to meet up at the fast food joint to clear the air, according to a Mercury News report. Campos’ mother, Dina, and Carillo’s wife, Erika, were present.”
https://missionlocal.org/2023/06/mission-mass-shooting-suspect-arrested-javier-campos-bragged-about-crime-online/
Press release doesn’t read that way to me. He pled to a single count and was not convicted of the several other statutes mentioned in the release. Maybe he’ll do 85%, but those guidelines are not written in stone. I’d say he did pretty good and could be out considerably sooner than you indicate.
RLE,
I don’t know what “press release” you’re referring to but, per the SF District Attorney and CA State Law, Javier Campos III is legally required to serve at least 85% of his 25-year sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
The applicable statute, PC § 2933.1 is, in effect, “written is stone” and Campos III will have to serve at least 21 years and 3 months.
Under California law, this requirement is triggered by the specific enhancements he admitted in his plea deal.
The Violent Felony Classification: As part of his plea, Campos admitted to the enhancement of personally inflicting great bodily injury (California Penal Code § 12022.7(a)).
Under California Penal Code Section 667.5(c)(8), any felony where the defendant inflicts great bodily injury is legally classified as a “violent felony.
The 85% Rule (PC § 2933.1): For any crime classified as a violent felony in California, state law strictly limits the accrual of worktime or good behavior credits to a maximum of 15%.
Because of these enhancements, he cannot use standard prison credit programs to significantly shorten his time, meaning he must serve a minimum of 21 years and 3 months of his 25-year term before he can be considered for parole.
DA’s Press Release;
https://sfdistrictattorney.org/richmond-man-sentenced-to-25-years-in-state-prison-for-mission-district-shooting/
CA State Law PC § 2933.1:
https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-2933-1/