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Michael Huguez, 23

Michael Huguez (2007-04-19)

Michael Huguez, 23, a Latino man, was shot in a van in front of 1948 E. 78th St. in Florence in a double homicide. He died at 4:10 a.m. Thursday, April 19. Huguez was pronounced dead at the scene. Leonard Munoz, 26, was also shot; Munoz was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Capt. Ray Peavy of Sheriff's homicide called this, "the opposite of a drive-by." He said the pair were driving down the street when people on the sidewalk fired at them with a high-powered assault rifle, striking both.

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