Eleanor Dava Alonzo was arrested as the driver of a four-door, burgundy-colored ’08 GMC Yukon used in the shooting.

Eleanor Dava Alonzo, 38, of Watsonville was arrested Tuesday afternoon after she entered the Watsonville Police Department lobby and reported the suspect vehicle had been stolen, police said.
The vehicle had not been stolen from Alonzo, but rather had been recovered by police after she had failed to return it to the rental agency, according to a police press release.The victim of the Sunday night driveby shooting, Gregorio Gallegos, 53, suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, police reported. He remained in a hospital this week and was being treated for life-threatening injuries, Watsonville police reported Thursday. Police say Alonzo was the driver of a four-door, burgundy-colored ’08 GMC Yukon used in the shooting. The suspected shooter remains at large, police say. He is described as a Hispanic male, tall and thin, with short hair or possibly balding and wearing a red No. 8 49ers jersey. There were three additional Hispanic males in the back seat of the Yukon, police said.In an “around-the-clock investigation,” police officers and detectives obtained information identifying the suspect vehicle and its license plate number, according to a police press release. The vehicle was traced to Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which reported that Alonzo was renting it, according to police. Alonzo failed to return the suspect vehicle on the date and time it was due. Police tried several times to contact Alonzo without success until she was arrested on Tuesday without incident, the press release stated. Alonzo lived on Altamont Drive, a street located off of Clifford Avenue, about two miles from Maple Street.

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