Five charged with murder over fatal shootings of six men in Mojave desert

Bodies were found at remote crossroads on 23 January in California desert in what investigators say was dispute over marijuana

Prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday against five suspects in the fatal shootings of six men at a remote dirt crossroads in the southern California desert after what investigators said was a dispute over marijuana.

The suspects each face six felony counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, the San Bernardino county district attorney’s office said in a statement. They were each also charged with six felony counts of robbery.