"When the 17-year-old accused of the Black Friday shooting at Westfield Valley Fair mall encountered trouble in the past, court records allege, he could count on two people to have his back: his older brother and his brother's girlfriend. Christian Joel Duran, 20, of San Jose, appears in court to answer for a charge of being an accessory in a Nov. 28, 2025 shooting at Westfield Valley Fair mall"
"Both are now charged with being an accessory to the mall shooting that wounded three people including a 28-year-old man wearing rival gang colors and two teenage shoppers the day after Thanksgiving, for allegedly harboring the minor until he was arrested two days later. The two of them, plus a 33-year-old man, pleaded not guilty in court Thursday. But the brother, Christian Duran, 20, and his girlfriend, Allana Nevaeh Murillo, 21, were already facing charges stemming from a schoolyard melee two years ago."
"That's when, according to a 2023 criminal complaint, the 17-year-old summoned his brother to James Lick High School, where he felt insulted by a classmate who told him to pull up his pants. A group of Duran's friends also showed up and allegedly pummeled the classmate on school grounds while Murillo stood by. When a teacher followed Murillo to her car to take photos, the complaint alleges, Morillo attacked her so violently and repeatedly that the teacher was taken to the hospital"
Two San Jose residents, Christian Joel Duran, 20, and Allana Nevaeh Murillo, 21, face accessory charges for allegedly harboring a 17-year-old accused of a Nov. 28, 2025 Westfield Valley Fair mall shooting that wounded three people. The shooting reportedly injured a 28-year-old man wearing rival gang colors and two teenage shoppers. The two defendants and a 33-year-old man pleaded not guilty. Duran and Murillo were already awaiting court dates on separate charges from a 2023 schoolyard assault at James Lick High School in which a classmate was pummeled and a teacher was allegedly violently attacked and hospitalized. The defendants went to the mall with the minor and their infant before his arrest.
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