Man must be brought to justice in triple murder case

A 20-year-old man was arraigned on a murder charge Tuesday on charges he killed a man during a robbery on Angeles Crest Highway and shot two people in a parked car during an attempted robbery in Rancho Palos Verdes two days later.

After a hearing that lasted about a day and a half, Supreme Court Justice Ronald S. Coen denied a request by Marco Antonio Hernandez's attorney, Damon Hobdy, to dismiss the case against his client.

The judge also denied similar requests from attorneys representing four other defendants – two of whom are charged along with Hernandez in the July 22, 2023, killing of Jesse Munoz on Angeles Crest Highway, and the other two are charged along with him in the July 24, 2023, killings of Jorge Ramos and Taylor Raven Whittaker, who were shot in a parked Subaru in the 7000 block of Palos Verdes Drive.