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ADELANTO Sheriff's detectives are looking for three men including a Victorville resident on probation for drug and weapons charges as suspects in the slaying of three people in Adelanto, officials said Monday.
Detectives named Ralphael Hernandez, 36, of Victorville, as a suspect in Friday's triple homicide at a Casaba Road residence.
Hernandez pleaded guilty last year to possession of drugs for sale and to being a felon in possession of a gun, according to court records. He is a fugitive, and a warrant was issued for his arrest at a June 7 hearing because he reportedly violated his probation terms, the documents show.
Probation Department officials would not comment about Hernandez, and San Bernardino County Sheriff's detectives have not identified the other two men wanted in the Adelanto murder case.
Neighbors called 911 after hearing gun shots at the residence in the 18600 block of Casaba Road at 1:27 a.m. Friday. When deputies and paramedics arrived, they found the bodies of three adults in a closed garage among scattered clothing, old furniture and a non-working car.
The victims were identified as Katie Espinoza, 23, of Adelanto; Dillon Keys, 19, of Adelanto; and Gerald Svec, 26, of Chino, according to the Sheriff's Department's Homicide Detail.
Espinoza is the mother of four children, who were asleep inside the home when the shooting occurred. Some of the children were described as having special needs.
Witnesses reported hearing an argument between the victims and several males, officials said. After the shots were fired, the men fled the area in a brown Buick Regal with out-of-state license plates, officials said