California Business Owner Arrested For Attempted Murder Of An Employee

A 43-year-old California enterprise proprietor was arrested after an alleged homicide plot in opposition to one in every of his personal workers was foiled by a gun jam. The incident occurred in Half Moon Bay, a small coastal metropolis simply south of San Francisco. 

Authorities say Thomas Azevedo, proprietor of Azevedo Feed, was arrested on suspicion of tried homicide after allegedly main one in every of his workers to a distant space on his Half Moon Bay property and making an attempt to shoot him within the head on Wednesday, January 29. The sufferer, who has but to be named, confirmed up on the Coastside Fireplace Safety District Station 40 simply after 7 p.m. that night to report the incident, describing an ensuing battle for his life after a close to brush with dying. Deputies responded instantly, in response to an announcement from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Workplace.

The sufferer, a resident of Pacifica, instructed the deputies that Azevedo lured him to a distant a part of the property to work on a fence that wanted restore, however upon arrival, authorities say Azevedo “allegedly brandished a firearm, pointed it on the sufferer’s head and pulled the set off, however the gun didn’t go off.” The sheriff’s workplace reviews that Azevedo allegedly tried to fireplace the gun a number of extra instances, pulling the set off repeatedly whereas the worker tried to wrestle the gun away from him, describing a second when the firearm, which has but to be recognized, lastly discharged a spherical into the air. Fortunately, no one was injured. 

Deputies arrested Azevedo shortly after with out incident, and the enterprise proprietor was booked into Maguire Correctional Facility, charged with tried homicide. In accordance with authorities, a gun violence restraining order was subsequently issued by a decide and served to Azevedo earlier than deputies seized greater than a dozen firearms from Azevedo Feed.

The incident at present stays below investigation; nevertheless, prosecutors have but to file fees in opposition to Azevedo as a result of they really feel there may be inadequate proof to show the case past an affordable doubt, in response to Nicole Sato, the deputy in control of the southern municipal department of the San Mateo County District Lawyer’s Workplace. 

With out witnesses, a recording or particular accidents, this case may wind up being one particular person’s phrase versus one other’s, with solely the 2 concerned figuring out what actually came about that evening. If it occurred because the alleged sufferer described, it’s not clear but what motivation Azevedo had in wanting to finish the lifetime of his worker. Wouldn’t it have simply been simpler to fireplace him reasonably than at him? A method or one other, there’s undoubtedly extra to this story.