Two Suspects, Victim ID'd in Deadly San Mateo Parking Lot Shooting

SAN MATEO, CA – San Mateo police have identified two suspects and the victim of a fatal shooting Tuesday.

Alejandro DeLeon, 22, and Luis Mercado, 20, were arrested Tuesday after leading California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase. DeLeon is a transient and Mercado is from Hayward, according to police.

The victim was identified as 31-year-old Daniel Carona, of San Mateo and Half Moon Bay.

Officers responded to a parking lot in the 3500 block of South El Camino Real just before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

They found Carona suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

CHP officers pursued the suspect vehicle north on Interstate Highway 280 to Interstate Highway 380 and U.S. Highway 101 to San Francisco.

They stopped the vehicle in the vicinity of Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, where DeLeon and Mercado were detained.

San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said a charging decision in the case will be made Friday morning after a review of the police report has taken place.

If the two suspects are charged, which Wagstaffe said he expects them to be, their arraignment will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Redwood City.

– By Bay City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone.