MARTINEZ — A Pittsburg man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in a 2022 quadruple shooting outside a Brentwood gym, court records show.
Faatino Tauane, 23, was convicted of murder and an enhancement for personal use of a gun in the Aug. 11, 2022 killing of Cesar Arana, 21, of Antioch. Tauane remains jailed without bail, with sentencing set for February, court records show.
At the time of the shooting, authorities said Arana was an innocent bystander when a fight broke out between several people at about 2 a.m., at the 24 Hour Fitness in the 5900 block of Lone Tree Way in Brentwood. Tauane and a then-17-year-old boy were eventually identified as suspects and arrested, records show.
Three other people, including a minor, were shot and wounded but survived.
Jurors returned the verdict on Dec. 19, records show.
The Mercury News
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