7 arrested in connection with June shooting outside bar
SAN MATEO, Calif. (BCN) - Seven people, six of them Oakland residents, suspected of being part of a gun battle outside of a San Mateo bar in June have been arrested, with one of them facing three counts of suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, police said.
Floyd Tuione, 27, a resident of Cypress in Orange County, faces those three counts of conspiracy to commit murder, as well counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, conspiracy to commit crime and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with force following a June 23 early-morning shooting outside a bar in the 500 block of South Norfolk Street. Only one uninvolved person received a minor injury, despite dozens of shots being fired, San Mateo police said.
San Mateo police detectives located the seven suspects in Alameda, Orange, San Joaquin and San Mateo counties. They, along with the North Central Regional SWAT and other law enforcement partners, arrested the men Thursday, July 25, and served four related search warrants, detectives said.
The Oakland residents arrested were Adrian Halatoa, 18, on suspicion of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with force and conspiracy; Gary Tuione, 19, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon
with force and conspiracy; Sela Kioa, 21, on suspicion of two counts of assault with a non-firearm deadly weapon and conspiracy; William Halatoa, 24, of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with force and conspiracy; Halaholo Halatoa, 27, of assault with a deadly weapon with force, conspiracy, negligent discharge of firearm, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and a parole violation; and Tonga Moa, 29, on suspicion of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with force and one count of conspiracy.