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This week, two high-profile Pasadena cases will move forward in the Pasadena Courthouse of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Here’s a profile of each of these cases:
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 8:30 a.m. Pretrial Hearing for Tanaj Johnson and Joseph Mekhi Knowles
Tanaj Johnson, 23, of Pasadena, and Joseph Mekhi Knowles, 22, of Altadena, are charged with attempted murder and mayhem following a Valentine’s Day shooting in February 2022 that seriously injured a 10-year-old boy who was playing in front of his home in Pasadena.
Knowles is also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
The two are currently in custody.
The hearing will be at Dept. C of the Pasadena Courthouse.
Evan Roland Bynum, 27, of Los Angeles, and Dante Dejuan Ward, 34, of Irvine, are charged in a shooting outside a Pasadena taco restaurant on March 13, 2021 that left a man dead and a woman wounded.
Police said the shooting took place just before 9 p.m. in a parking lot outside a strip mall at the northeast corner of Foothill Blvd. and Altadena Drive. The victims were seated in a parked car when they were fired on.
Bernardo Cortez Velasco, 23, of Azusa, was taken to a hospital but died the following morning. A 19-year-old Duarte woman in the car was struck by flying glass but suffered no major injuries.
Bynum and Ward both remain in custody.
The hearing will be at Dept. C of the Pasadena Courthouse.
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