Tristan Jon Taylor, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, California 2023

LOS ANGELES – A hail of gunfire erupted at a funeral party in Ontario, leaving a trail of destruction and chaos in its wake. Now, five alleged members of street gangs based in Altadena and Duarte are facing federal charges of being felons in possession of firearms or ammunition during the shootout, which investigators say was the result of an ongoing dispute with a rival gang.

According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, all five defendants used firearms during the February 17 incident, which occurred during a funeral party for a suspected member of the Altadena Bloc Crips (ABC). Investigators with the Ontario Police Department believe the shooting was the result of an attack by the Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods (PDL), which has been in a long-running gang war with ABC and its allies in the Duarte-based Duroc Crips, the affidavit states.

Surveillance video from the house where the shooting took place “showed that once the PDL members fired the initial shots, at least five subjects from the ABC funeral party ran from the home’s backyard into the front yard and began firing recklessly toward the unidentified PDL members,” according to the affidavit by an ATF special agent, which notes that bullets struck several homes and vehicles in the neighborhood.

The defendants charged in the criminal complaint, all suspected members of the ABC or Duroc Crips gangs, are:

Tristan Jon Taylor, 32, of Ontario, who was arrested Wednesday on a charge of illegally possessing a .38 special revolver;

Daniel Corey Roach, 41, of Altadena, who was arrested Wednesday on a charge of illegal possession of ammunition;

Dejon Thomas Nunley Sr., 32, of Adelanto, who was arrested Monday on a charge of illegally possessing a 9mm handgun;

Lionel Roberts, 32, of Altadena, who was arrested Wednesday on a charge of illegally possessing a small revolver and is expected to make his first court appearance later today;

and Shawn Terrell Lyndolph, 30, of Rialto, who was arrested Wednesday on a charge of illegally possessing a semiautomatic handgun.

During court appearances on the day of their arrests, Lyndolph was ordered held without bond, Taylor was ordered jailed pending a detention hearing scheduled for August 10, and both Roach and Nunley were released on bond. Arraignments for the defendants in this case are scheduled for later this month.

A criminal complaint contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The charge of felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition carries a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

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