Heller Street Tongan street gang Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Killing High School Student - News Story - KTVU San Francisco

Heller Street Tongan street gang Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Killing High School Student - News Story - KTVU San Francisco: "Prosecutors allege that Zarate and Garcia were members of rival street gangs and got involved in a fight at a party on Columbia Avenue near El Camino Real in unincorporated San Mateo County's North Fair Oaks area that night.
'This is a very simple case,' prosecutor Al Giannini said. 'This is a murder, plain and simple.'
Zarate, a 5-foot-10-inch who weighed 255 pounds and an alleged member of the Heller Street Tongan street gang, decided to 'check,' or challenge, an opposing gang member at the party, Giannini said.
He picked a suspected member of the North Fair Oaks gang, of which Garcia also allegedly belonged, according to Giannini.
When Garcia saw his friend fighting with Zarate, he 'jumped in immediately,' Giannini said, 'to be the biggest, baddest gangster.'"