SALINAS – Salinas resident Brian Molina, 21, was sentenced to 30 years and four months in state prison after being found guilty of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm enhancement and attempted murder with a firearm enhancement.
The District Attorney’s office announced in a press release the charges constituted two strikes under California’s Three Strikes Law.
According to the release, on May 26, 2022, Salinas Police were dispatched to the 600th block of Williams Road in Salinas to respond to a report of a shooting. Police saw a vehicle with gunshot damage rapidly driving away from the scene.
Officers located the victim and identified Molina as the suspect through investigation. Molina was seen on surveillance video, standing next to the driver’s side door of the victim’s vehicle, before they left the scene. Molina followed the vehicle, running, and fired multiple rounds from a handgun at the vehicle. The shots hit the vehicle through the window and the rear bumper.
Salinas Police officers were again dispatched to a shooting scene at the intersection of Del Monte Avenue and North Sanborn Road in Salinas on May 31, 2022.
Molina fired multiple shots at Esteban OCampo Jr. after a verbal argument between the two and OCampo was shot in the torso. After officers arrived, OCampo was immediately transported to Natividad Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Officers identified the shooter as Molina through investigation and surveillance video.
