A parolee with 34 past cases listed on the Kern County Superior Court web site shot his partner when the gun went off allegedly as he was pistol-whipping a 17-year-old victim, the Tehachapi Police Department reported.
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Tehachapi resident Jose Jesus Mota, 36, fled and was taken into custody in Los Angeles five days later.
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He was booked into Kern County jail on charges of attempted murder (of his partner, as the incident occurred during a felony), assault with a deadly weapon, felony parole hold and felony conspiracy (to commit a crime).”
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Mota and Jeffs had gone to the apartment to intimidate a third person.
“While at that apartment, Mr. Mota began to physically assault the victim at the apartment. When he attempted to strike the 17-year-old victim with a handgun, it discharged and shot Mr. Jeffs in the leg.”
