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    Humberto Galvez Sentenced in 2011 CA Slaying of Jordan Hickey

    Men accused of thrill killing face death penalty

    Two men accused of killing a developmentally disabled man in Lincoln Acres last year strictly for the thrill of it must stand trial on murder and special circumstance allegations that could lead to the death penalty, a judge ruled Thursday.

    Humberto Emanuel Galvez, 19, and Juan Ignacio Gomez, 21, are charged in the slaying of 21-year-old Jordan Hickey on April 29, 2011.

    After a three-day preliminary hearing at the South Bay Courthouse, Judge Francis Devaney found there was enough evidence for the defendants to stand trial for murder with a special circumstance allegation of murder by shooting from a moving vehicle. They also face charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and an unrelated attempted robbery.

    At the time of the defendants' arrests in March, authorities said they were associated with a street gang. However, Devaney today did not hold the defendants to answer on gang allegations.

    District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis will decide later if the death penalty will be sought.

    The day of the killing, sheriff's deputies responding to a report of gunfire found Hickey mortally wounded near his bicycle on a sidewalk alongside Grove Street, a few blocks from his home in National City. He died at the scene.

    Deputy District Attorney David Grapilon said Galvez and Gomez were "driving around, essentially looking for someone to shoot.'' They had armed themselves with a shotgun, Grapilon said.

    Galvez and Gomez happened to pull alongside Hickey, who they didn't appear to know, Grapilon said.

    Grapilon said the defendants fired "for the thrill of it.''

    Galvez and Gomez will be back in court July 19 for arraignment.

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    'Fun' murder trial delayed

    By Neal Putnam

    The murder trial of two suspects accused of killing Jordan Hickey in National City in 2011 was re-scheduled until March 13, 2014.

    The death penalty is being sought against the alleged gunman, Humberto Emanuel “Beto” Galvez, 21, and a life term without the possibility of parole is the penalty for the driver, Juan Ignacio Gomez, 22, if they are convicted of first-degree murder.

    Both men appeared before San Diego Superior Court Judge Jeff Fraser, who set the new trial date. The defense attorneys have filed a motion to dismiss the special circumstances charges and that will be heard Dec. 6.
    Jordan Hickey, 21, was pushing his bicycle uphill in the 2800 block of Grove St. at 12:35 a.m. when the suspects drove past him and shot him three times on April 29, 2011. Both men are charged with the special circumstance of murder during a drive-by shooting.

    Hickey was developmentally disabled and lived with his mother, Jeannine Hickey, in Lincoln Acres, an unincorporated area of National City. He was on his way home when he was shot.

    Galvez and Gomez lived in the same house on Logan Avenue until their arrests on March 22, 2012, in Chula Vista.

    They are also charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted robbery of Hickey.

    A witness testified in a preliminary hearing in 2012 that both men admitted to him they killed Hickey for no apparent reason.

    “We just went looking for anyone to kill just for the fun of it,” he quoted one of them as saying.

    A detective who interviewed Galvez testified that he said “he just wanted to see what it was like to shoot somebody.”
    Both men remain in jail on $2 million bail.

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    Gunman pleads guilty to murdering disabled man

    The gunman in the “thrill” killing of a 21-year-old developmentally disabled man gunned down nearly four years ago pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and lying in wait.

    Humberto Galvez, 22, will be sentenced on April 24 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the April 29, 2011, slaying of Jordan Hickey. Galvez originally faced the death penalty.

    “It was a brutal, heinous, callous killing. We think there’s no excuse,” Deputy District Attorney David Grapilon said outside court. “It’s one of those cases that really chill you to the bone, knowing that people are out there that can do mean (and) evil things like this.”

    Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of gunfire found Hickey mortally wounded near his bicycle on a sidewalk alongside Grove Street in Lincoln Acres, a few blocks from his home in National City. He died at the scene.

    Authorities said Galvez and co-defendant Juan Ignacio Gomez were “driving around, essentially looking for someone to shoot,” and just happened to pull up alongside Hickey, who was on his way home when he was shot three times.

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