One dead in Marin City triple shooting Sunday
MARIN CITY (KPIX) -- Marin County authorities said a shooting in Marin City Sunday morning killed one man and injured two others.
It happened at the Golden Gate Village complex on Cole Avenue and Drake Drive just after 10 a.m.
"I heard at least like 10 or 11 gunshots. It was like really scary. I jumped," said 13-year-old Savannah Houck.
Houck lives about 30 to 50 feet from a car that was shot up. Deputies said a man in the car was pronounced dead at a hospital. Two other victims were expected to survive.
"I yelled to my siblings like 'hurry up and get upstairs!' And we were like in the hallway 'cause that's the safest place for a gunshot," Houck said.
As her mother Lekisha Rivera went outside to check on the shooting victims, Houck comforted her younger siblings.
"I hugged them. I made sure that they were OK because it's really, really scary and I didn't want them to be scared like that," Houck said.
"All I saw was a girl on the ground ... she was crawling like a military person," Rivera said.
Rivera said it appeared the woman was shot in the arm and tried to get away from the shooting.
She said that, late last year, her best friend was shot in front of Rivera's house and survived.
"It's ridiculous and it's really sad. It's depressing," Rivera said.
The single mom and her five kids were homeless for several years. They were given housing at the Golden Gate Village in 2019. In the years since, they've heard and dealt with multiple shootings.
Rivera is constantly worried about stray bullets hitting her kids.
"I'm over this! I'd rather be homeless than live out here. That is pathetic. I'd rather live in my car than be out here and having to deal with this and that's very sad to say. It's pathetic and it's depressing for any mom to say that," Rivera said.
"At shelter, like, you don't hear gunshots, it's more safer," Houck added.
The Golden Gate Village area has seen a lot of gun violence over the years. Marin County sheriff's deputies said Sunday's killing was the second homicide at the large complex this year.
They have not released any motive or suspect information on the latest shooting.
