The woman who made up a story about finding a severed finger in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose has concocted yet another tale, this time about her son being shot, authorities said Friday.
Anna Ayala, 47, and her son, Guadalupe Reyes, 26, who live separately in San Jose, hatched a plan to blame an innocent man for shooting Reyes in his left ankle, when in fact Reyes accidentally shot himself, police said.
Reyes lied because he is a convicted burglar who is not supposed to have a gun, investigators said. Ayala allegedly backed him up.
"She has a history of manipulating the system to her benefit, and this is another example of that," said Bret Wasley, a Santa Clara County deputy district attorney.
On Oct. 21, police found Reyes suffering from a gunshot wound outside his home on Michigan Avenue. His mother was standing over him, police said. The two identified the shooter as a 25-year-old man from the area.
After investigators confronted him with evidence that there was no gunshot residue on the man he said had shot him, Reyes admitted, "I shot myself," police said in court records.
Reyes added that his mother also knew he had shot himself accidentally, authorities said. Ayala admitted that she had gotten rid of the gun, but told police, "I'm not going back to prison for something that has nothing to do with me," investigators said.
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