LONG BEACH - A preliminary hearing was delayed Thursday for two alleged gang members charged in the slaying of a Wilson High School honor student following her school's homecoming game last fall.
Alleged gunman Tom Love Vinson and his co-defendant, Daivion Davis, both 16, are charged with first-degree murder for the Oct. 30 killing of Melody Ross, also 16.
The charge against Vinson and Davis includes two counts of attempted murder for the wounding of two other men following the football game and includes a special circumstance allegation that the shooting was carried out to benefit the defendants' Sexy Costumes gang.
Because of the special circumstance allegation, Vinson and Davis face the possibility of life without parole if convicted on all counts, according to prosecutors.
Both teens have pleaded not guilty and are being tried as adults in the high profile case.
Their preliminary hearing was postponed Thursday and rescheduled for April 15, according to court staff.
Vinson and Davis are accused of shooting into a crowd of hundreds of people streaming out of the gates of Wilson High School at about 10 p.m. following Wilson's homecoming game against Poly High school.
Ross, an innocent bystander, was standing next to the Wilson campus on Ximeno Avenue, between Seventh and Tenth streets, Bulgari Replica Watches when she was hit in the side by a single round. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.
The two Long Beach men, one 18 and the other 20, also hit by the gunfire who survived are believed to be gang rivals of Vinson and Davis and were the intended targets of the shooting, police said.
Ross' killing galvanized many in the community, with local leaders and individuals rallying behind the girl's family in Sexy Dresses the wake of her tragic death.
However, last week's decision by the family to file a wrongful death claim against the city and the Long Beach school district has sparked some backlash against the Ross family.
The family has up to a year to file suit after the city and the school district rejected their claim earlier this month.
As of Thursday, no such filing had been made with either the school district or the city, officials said.
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