On the first day of the murder trial for two men accused of a fatal 2021 shooting on Liberty Street, prosecutors portrayed the attacks as a deliberate plan to hunt Santa Barbara Eastside gang members.
Angel Eduardo Varela, 30, and Oscar Martin Trujillo-Gutierrez, 30, of Carpinteria face murder charges for allegedly killing two Santa Barbara teenagers in a Jan. 3, 2021 shooting on the 1120 block of Liberty Street, on the lower Eastside.
Angel Castillo, 17, and Omar Montiel-Hernandez, 18, of Santa Barbara were killed and two other people were also injured in the attack…