Video: Dad Shot After Men Argued Over Best Mexican State

February 17, 2011 10:05 AM

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SANTA ANA (CBS) — Police are hoping the release of surveillance video showing two groups of men fighting over which Mexican state is best will help them identify the shooter of an innocent man.

KNX 1070′s Mike Landa reports the video captures a group of customers in a west McFadden restaurant having a heated argument that ultimately turned fatal.

Esteban Navarrete, 35, of Santa Ana was declared brain dead and removed from life support Tuesday night, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.

Surveillance photo taken from surveillance video of the suspects in the shooting of Esteban Navarette on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 at a restaurant in the 1700 block of East McFadden in Santa Ana.

More than 40 family members gathered at a hospital to say goodbye to a man police described as hard-working and was having dinner with his wife and two family friends moments before the shooting.

“This is a family guy,” Bertagna said. “He worked at St. Joseph Hospital for 15 years. He is flat-out a victim, which is flat-out wrong.”

Navarrete and his party were eating at Mariscos La Ola in the 1700 block of East McFadden Avenue when two groups began arguing over which Mexican state is best, Bertagna said.

The video shows Navarrete peering back to see what was going on but he didn’t get involved, Bertagna said.

After the argument, some of the men walked out to the parking lot and got into a fistfight. Navarrete stayed in the restaurant with his wife and friends.

Navarrete and his party decided to leave before things escalated, but as Navarrete got into his car, two men approached him and one with a handgun aimed and fired several shots, police said.

Navarrete was struck in the head. His wife and friends were not injured.

The attackers ran to a waiting vehicle, described as a dark, possibly gray, SUV and drove away.

Police are trying to identify three men and a woman from the video.

They are believed to be in their early 20s. One man was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, another was wearing a blue baseball cap and a third man was wearing a white T-shirt. The woman was wearing dark clothing.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting or may have information about the case was urged to call homicide detectives at 714-245-8390.

Video: Dad Shot After Men Argued Over Best Mexican State

Rick

If you are arguing which Mexican State is better and our willing to fight over it why are you living in the US? I guess at the end of the argument, USA IS BEST!!
supermonkey

which Mexican state is best ?

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Latinalady

I totally agree wit Rick… why argue about wich state its the best and not live in it. They should go back to wherever their are from and help people from their state make it better if they really care… the drug cartels are destroying Mexico that’s for sure and if they feel they have the guts to kill someone maybe join the mexican military and finish with them. I really hope they get caught
WAHOOFISHTACO

NOW GOD CAN TELL HIM WHICH IS THE BEST STATE IN MEXICO.
BURY HIM IN HIS FAVORITE STATE IN MEXICO

They can now bury him in his BEST MEXICAN STATE.
CALIFORNIA A MEXICAN STATE???

IS CALIFORNIA A MEXICAN STATE? SINCE THE MAJORITY POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA ARE MEXICANS.

Rick

No, it is a Sanctuary State! It will continue to be as long as the likes of Antonio V., & Richard Alarcon are in office. They tend to look the other way when it comes to their own special breed.

STUPID PEOPLE

One more JOB Opening at the Hospital, payday for someone who is Unemployed. Stupid people don’t deserve jobs. Why would someone ARGUE over STUPID & SENSELESS stuff with Total Strangers???????????

Very STUPID Argument over STUPID stuff with total Strangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If they’re so PROUD of MEXICO, then jump, swim, or smuggle yourselves back to MEXICO.
Tim

So many guns- so few brains.
Ramon Belltran Torres Quintero Zamada Felix

Idiots!!!! Everybody knows Jalisco es el mas listo con huevos grandes y un gran pito
TIJUANA CONTROLA

We will stay across the border when u American junkies stop buying are drugs. Lol

lauren d cosgrove

Wet back.

bigred

Jalisco is but ready with great eggs and a great whistle? what are you smoking?

Paisa

Pito in Spanish also means coc* incase you didn’t know

Charles Rigdon

Maybe in Mexico, but not in Spain idiota!
TIJUANA CONTROLA

Tu perra madre puto!!!

Oscar

are drugs? or our drugs? idiot

TIJUANA CONTROLA

Sorry MR. JOTO Oscar, I didn’t know this was a midterm exam.

Yeppers

“Bury him in his favorite Mexican State”?
“Now God can tell him”?
You disgusting racist pigs. Didn’t you read the article? He wasn’t involved in the alteration, he was a bystander. “The VIDEO SHOWS Navarrete peering back to see what was going on but he didn’t get involved.”

So anxious to make a racist joke about a tragic death that you didn’t even get the facts right. This was someone’s father – someone’s husband.

I don’t believe in a god but I do hope there’s some sort of punishment for people as ignorant, mean, and just plain stupid as you.

Jonathan Kopack

their life I’m sure is it’s own kind of hell.

Al

WHAT MORONS! A man killed over which state is best? How fortuante that the one remembered to bring a deadly weapon to this ‘heavy’ discussion! I guess they both picked the same team for Superbowl or the whole family would be in the morgue!!!!
Charles Rigdon

Why wet back? Did they backstroke across the Rio Grande??
Possible Life Insurance Hitmen??

Detectives should pry on this case & find out if he has Life insurance & if this is a case done by Hired Hitmen. Check all the backlogs of who His family members’ been talking to..

Cindy

I thought the same thing. According to this story this gentleman appears to be an innocent bystander. Why would the thug turn the gun on him in the parking lot?

Captinpat7

Props to “Yeppers” I’m with you on this one.
DOESN’T ADD UP

Pretty bizarre story, doesn’t make much sense. Sounds like a Set-up for sure..

His Family probably arranged this HIT in order to collect on his LIFE INSURANCE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Why there are 4 People inside the car and they chose to FIRE NUMEROUS SHOTS at him is STRANGE!!
LIFE INSURANCE PROFIT 4 HIRE HITMEN

Dead man NOT even involved in the Argument or Fight in the parking lot..

According to Patrons, Witnesses, reports, the DEAD MAN NOT even involved in the Argument & Fight that ensued in the parking lot. Dead Man was inside the Resto with his Family. When they decided the argument & fight was over in the parking lot is when they decided to leave the resto. He was NOT even involved and he was shot.

Sounds like a case of LIFE INSURANCE PROFIT 4 HIRE HITMEN.

it was a SET-UP, Argument & Fight make it seem like it’s a legit random crime but IT IS NOT. it’s Murder and they should investigate who his LIFE insurance policy is under and who his family’s been talking to..

2 KEY FACTORS:
#1. Dead man NOT even involve in the Argument..
#2. Dead man NOT even involved in the Fight at the parking lot..

He & his family left the Resto after they decided the Argument & Fight was over and it is SAFE to go outside and go home.. The Argument & the Fight was STAGED to make it look Otherwise..

THIS IS NOT A RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE, IT’S A SET-UP. SOMEONE IS PROFITING OFF HIS DEATH. SOUNDS TOO SUSPICIOUS!!
Which man in the video got shot?

I’m confuse, who got shot?? Which man from the video got shot? Hard to tell from the story, what was he wearing??
buster

Did any of you commenter’s actually read this article? The poor victim was NOT a part of the two groups having this stupid argument. He was with his family and friends and made a judgment call and decided to get out of that restaurant before the issue turned worse. Reading is fundamental; you should actually try it sometime.