Murder charges filed in Friday shooting death near Montclair market

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Prosecutors have filed murder and other charges against an alleged gang member accused of shooting to death an Ontario man last week outside of a grocery store in Montclair.

Jose Ramon Lopez, 25, is accused of shooting and killing 38-year-old George Salsgiver in front of a Stater Bros. store at about 9:30 p.m. Friday.

The motive for the killing remains unknown, and authorities have no information indicating that Lopez and Salsgiver knew each other, said Deputy District Attorney Tom Colclough, who is prosecuting the case.

Lopez's girlfriend, 19-year-old Christina Marie Pena, has been charged as an accessory because police contend she lied to them in an attempt to craft an alibi for Lopez.

Witnesses told police that a man later identified as Lopez parked his car in the market parking lot at Central Avenue and Palo Verde Street. He walked toward Salsgiver with a handgun, then fired several shots at close range.

Several shoppers witnessed the shooting, and one person jotted down the first six digits of Lopez's license plate, according to a police report attached to Lopez's court file.

Police were able to identify Lopez, a parolee and alleged member of the Onterio Varrio Sur street gang, as the alleged shooter based on the partial license, according to the police report.

dang foos from onta be blasting on everyone right now........................

YOU ACT LIKE THATS SOMETHNG NEW...LOL...THE NEWS JUST STARTED TO REPORT IT MORE NOW CUZ ALOT OF IT IS OUTSIDE THE VARRIO.

I WAS BEING SARCASTIC ESHE........................VIVA LA RAZA

GOT YA ESE LOCO...BUT FOR REAL ONTA DONT GET MUCH NEWS COVERAGE UNLESS WE BUSTING A COPS.

AND BY NEWS COVERAGE I MEAN THE CITY NOT THE VARRIO, BECAUSE I COULD CARELESS IF WE (OVS) GETS MEDIA COVERAGE IF ANYTHING THE LOW PROFILE IS BETTER THEN HAVING THEM ALL IN THE BIZ.

much love to big oso ~ sad to see his life end up like this