Bee Staff
The Galt Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a suspect in the shooting deaths of two men Saturday night at a15-year-old girl's quinceanera.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 18-year-old Alfredo Daniel Tafoya on suspicion of two counts of murder, police said. Tafoya should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about this crime or Tafoya's whereabouts is asked to call Galt police at (209) 366-7000 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 393-8477.
An earlier report in The Bee gave this account of the homicides:
Shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, Galt police received calls of shots fired at the Estrellita Ballroom on downtown's C Street. Officers arrived to find two victims -- Carlos Alonso Montes, 24, of La Puente and Efrain Zambrano, 20, of the Galt area -- on the ballroom floor. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The ballroom had been rented by a family celebrating a quinceanera, a traditional 15th birthday party and rite of passage for Latina girls.
The suspect was not invited, but was eventually let in by people screening partygoers at the door, police said.
After the suspect arrived, police allege a fistfight broke out between him and the victims. The suspect eventually pulled out a gun and fired on the men before leaving, police said.
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