A jury has awarded seven individuals $2.8 million in damages that stemmed from a shooting incident near San Perlita, according to a news release from the Ryan Solis Law Group.

The news release said on December 27, 2020, seven teenagers were shot at by William Dan Rhodes while driving on a public road.

A jury unanimously awarded $1.4 million in compensatory damages and $1.4 in punitive damages to plaintiffs Arturo Sayas, Aaron Rivera, Slade Gutierrez, Jayden Rubalcaba, John Rubalcaba, Chris Guererro and Diego Gutierrez, according to the news release.

Rhodes was armed with a Henry Big Boy .45 caliber lever-action rifle and fired multiple shots at the victims' vehicles as they were exploring the Devil's Lagoon near El Toro Road, according to the news release. The victims were all high scho

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