“ABSOLUTELY RANDOM AND WITHOUT PROVOCATION” IS WHAT WITNESSES TOLD POLICE ABOUT A SHOOTING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OFFICE OF A FORMER MAYORAL CANDIDATE, STELLA PADILLA. THE SHOOTING LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AT THE OFFICE AT CENTRAL AND RIO GRANDE.
POLICE ARRESTED 42 YEAR OLD STEVE KRAMER AND BOOKED HIM INTO THE METRO DETENTION CENTER FOR KILLING VINCENT GUTIERREZ. A WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS DIANE VARGAS WAS AT THE OFFICE WHEN THE SHOOTING OCCURRED, GATHERING BELONGINGS. SHE CALLED POLICE.
KRAMER IS A COLLEAGUE OF VARGAS. HE REPORTEDLY WAS BEHAVING STRANGELY, MAKING GRUNTING NOISES AND TALKING TO HIMSELF. HE WAS HOLDING THE GUN USED TO SHOOT GUTIERREZ WHEN POLICE ARRIVED.
