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GV Man Faces Trial In Back the Blue Rally Shooting

Posted: May. 19, 2021 12:55 AM PDT

A local man now faces trial regarding a driveby pellet gun shooting at a Back-the-Blue rally that occurred last summer in Grass Valley. That’s the ruling of a Nevada County judge, following a preliminary hearing held last week for 22-year-old Jace Manoguerra. District Attorney Cliff Newell says Manoguerra is charged with four counts of assault with a deadly weapon…

click to listen to Cliff Newell

The shooting was also caught on cell phone footage taken by several people. The incident occurred the day before violence broke out at a Black Lives Matter rally in Nevada City, on August ninth, where three men were ultimately charged…

click to listen to Cliff Newell

A motion by Manoguerra’s attorney to reduce the charges to misdemeanors, because he had no prior record, was rejected. Newell says Manoguerra had no known affiliation with an opposition group.

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