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GILROY — Charges of conspir- acy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon naming Ruben Garnica, 29, of 4747 El Monte St., Fresno, were dismissed here Tuesday. Garnica was to have faced a preliminary hearing on the charges in Gilroy Justice Court. But the District Attorney’s Of- fice was forced to seek a after Gilroy police were unable to, serve subpoenas on witnesses who would have testified about the Aug. 25 shotgun shooting of Man- uel Vaca, 17. Police said the wit- esses simply had “disappeared.” Vacs was shot in the head in the arly-morning hours at the rear of {Mouat Clipping In Space Below) | No witness, no casé || a restaurant at 7140 Churéh St. Vaca has since been from the hospital. A woman implicaged in the shooting, 41, af 539 E. Mar . Was also released earliér from similar charges. ° Garnica, who has the words “Nuestra Familia” tattooed across his back, was arrested by Gilroy police last April as the aftermath of an incident in which five shot- gus blasts were pumped into a house at 263 E. Slath St, narrowly, missing three occupants. Se i od ause of the unavailability of wit nesses. 182 {indicate page, name ot newspaper, city dnd star.) Page 73 San Jose Mercury San Jose, Calif. ——— & pate: 9-28-77 Edition: Morning Author: Edstor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Othea. OD 4