Charges not yet filed in fatal Whittier shooting

SANTA FE SPRINGS — Three parolees arrested on suspicion of carrying out a car-to-car shooting that left one man dead and another seriously wounded last week have not been charged in connection with the slaying, officials said Thursday.
Jason Uzel, 37, of Whittier, Brian Recinos, 22, of Whittier and Frank Ramos, 45, of Eureka were arrested on suspicion of murder in the hours following the Jan. 2 shooting on Sorensen Avenue, just south of Washington Boulevard, Whittier police officials said.
While all three men remained behind bars on suspicion of violating their parole, police had not yet presented the murder case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Whittier police Officer Bradley White said.
“There’s no criminal filing at this time,” he said. The investigation is still ongoing.”
The shooting claimed the life of 18-year-old Mark Joseph Rodriguez of Whittier, and left a second man who was riding in a car with Rodriguez seriously wounded, according to police and coroner’s officials.
The shooting is being investigated by the Whittier Police Department, which provides police services to Santa Fe Springs.
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