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The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time - August 17 2025

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Morning Cup of Murder

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🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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August 17th: Nancy Magana Killed (2019) Some crimes are completely random. There is no rhyme or reason. A victim is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. On August 17th 2019 a young woman was sitting in a park when, out of nowhere, she became the victim of a crime for no other reason than that she was there when the gunmen decided to pull the trigger. https://www.thedailybeast.com/san-bernardino-cops-chasing-serial-killer-gang-who-killed-middle-school-teacher-and-2-year-old, https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-mourns-california-school-teacher-nancy-magana-shot/story?id=65054824, https://ktla.com/news/local-news/san-bernardino-police-seek-people-linked-to-3-homicides-shooting/, https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/is-nancy-maganas-san-bernardino-slaying-linked-to-gang-murders, https://nypost.com/2020/02/14/serial-killing-gang-may-be-responsible-for-rash-of-san-barnardino-shootings/, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/20/nancy-magana-san-bernardino-teacher-shot-delmann-heights-park/2059526001/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator is reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.9

Some crimes are completely random.

0:18.6

There is no rhyme or reason.

0:23.7

A victim is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. On August 17, 2019, a young woman was sitting in a park when out of nowhere, she

0:31.7

became the victim of a crime for no other reason than that she was there when the gunman

0:37.0

decided to pull the trigger.

0:39.7

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:45.0

morning cup of murder.

0:47.0

On August 17, 2019, Nancy Magana was sitting inside of a pickup truck with her boyfriend

0:53.5

and five-year-old son

0:55.1

at a park in San Bernardino, California, when out of nowhere, a group of men pulled up

1:01.8

alongside them in a light-colored sedan. Saying nothing, but moving with deadly speed, two of the

1:09.5

men got out of the car, and one, taking out a high

1:12.9

powered firearm, pointed it through the driver's side window. No words were exchanged, no demands made,

1:20.6

but when the trigger was pulled, the 25-year-old middle school teacher was fatally injured.

1:27.4

The whole thing was captured on surveillance

1:29.9

footage. Her boyfriend and son survived the horrific exchange, but Nancy died inside of the hospital.

1:38.1

There was no rhyme or reason for the attack. It wasn't a robbery. She wasn't targeted by someone she knew,

1:45.4

nor was her boyfriend.

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