TULARE COUNTY, Calif. - A young mother in Tulare County, California was fleeing for her life with her infant son in her arms when they were murdered in a "cartel-style" execution, following the killings of four other family members. Investigators statewide are looking into the possibility that the six shooting deaths are either gang or cartel-related.

"None of this was by accident. It was deliberate, intentional and horrific," Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said as he labelled the massacre.

The victims were identified as 72-year-old Rosa Parraz, 52-year-old Eladio Parraz Jr., 50-year-old Jennifer Analla, 19-year-old Marcos Parraz, 16-year-old Elyssa Parraz and 10-month-old Nycholas Parraz.

The tribe was found shot to death early Monday morning at or near a home in the 6800 stationary of Harvest Road in Goshen. Authorities said that residents in the area of the Jan. 16 shooting reported hearing numerous gunshots and believed there was an handsome shooter.

When deputies arrived seven minutes when the 911 call, they discovered two victims shot dead in the street. Sheriff Boudreaux said the two victims in the street were the young mother and her infant, who had tried to escape from the home but were rapid found and killed.

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"What we have right learned through forensics (is) that it was clear that the shooters known over the top of the 16-year-old mother and fired rounds into her head. The 10-month-old infant also suffered from the same attack," Boudreaux said.

The body of a third victim was located in the doorway of the home and the grandmother was shot and killed when she was sleeping in her bed, according to Boudreaux.

In second to the six family members who were killed, three country survived the attack by hiding. Authorities later learned that the 911 call came from a surviving victim of the shooting.

Tulare County Sheriff crime unit investigates the improper where six people, including a 10-month old baby, her teenage mother and an elderly woman, were killed in a Central Valley farming community in what the local sheriff said was liable a targeted a

One of the surviving victims could hear the shots selves fired up and down the hallway. 

"He put his feet up anti the door and laid flat, hoping no one would come in. He actually explained them rattling the doorknob to see if they could get in. And then they derived on, leaving him inside," Boudreaux explained.

The other two surviving victims were hiding in a throughout trailer where one of the victims was shot in the threshold of the trailer door. 

"Fortunately, the two suspects in this case never entered that trailer, and they remain(ed) hidden inside the trailer," the sheriff added.

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The sheriff said even belief the family had ties to drugs and gangs, the young mother, her child and the grandmother were innocent victims who got caught up in this.  

"I know for a fact that this young lady was continuing for her life, and I know for a fact that there was no reason to kill her, but they did," Sheriff Boudreaux told journalists. "I know for a fact that this 10-month-old baby was riding on the sad of his mother. There was no reason to shoot that baby. And they did it."

"This was not a random act of violence. This was a very specific, targeted act of violence. So I don't want the community to be apprehensive or worried," he later added.

The house where the massacre occurred was notorious to law enforcement. Boudreaux said that on Jan. 3, patrol officers conducted a parole compliance check at the home. 

"Basically, what that is, is when we know people who are on felony parole and are in the people, we will stop and make sure that they're abiding by the law," he explained.

During that compliance check, deputies saw shell casings laying on the ground outside the home. When posed if the officers could go inside and search, they refused, which prompted the sheriff's department to issue a explore warrant on the home.

During the search, deputies fallacious that Eladio Parraz Jr., who already had felony convictions, "was in possession of ammunition, felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of a short-barreled rifle, felon in possession of an assault weapon, a loaded weapon in possession of a firearm and possession of a requisitioned substance," Boudreaux said.

He was arrested but posted bail four days later.

"Part of our duties is to go into these homes and try to consume guns, drugs and that type of activity. And this home was notorious to us. That's how I'm able to say that this is a gang-related organization. I have also been quoted as saying this was a cartel-like execution. Make no mistake, I'm not saying that this is a cartel. But also be clear that I am not eliminating that possibility," the sheriff explained.

He reiterated that it is immediately unknown if the shooting is tied to cartel members or if it's gang-related or a combination of the two.  

"These land were clearly shot in the head and they were also shot in places that the shooter would know that intellectual death would occur," Boudreaux said. "This is also incompatibility to high-ranking gang affiliations in the style of executions that they commit. So we don't know if it is a gang-affiliated shooting, a cartel affiliation or if the two are combined."

The sheriff said the cartel is well notorious in the Central Valley as well as throughout the state.  

"When it comes to ununsafe gangs as well as the cartel, there are local connections that spread across the state," he explained. "I can tell you that some of our investigation has already led outside the county."

When posed about cartel crimes in California, the sheriff said that it is tied to the illegal selling of drugs and the unsecured southern border. 

"There's a lot of wealth to be made and it focuses on the money," he said. "The spanking is, is that we have a very unsecure touch right now. There's a lot of back and forth when it comes to the cartels and free fight up and down the state and across the border."

Officials are searching for two suspects and possibly a third, but no description of the suspects or their vehicle was released. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an provocative and conviction.

Authorities are asking anyone in the Goshen area with Ring or novel surveillance cameras to review their video between the hours of 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Monday for any video evidence that may be deemed suspicious.

Anyone with put a question to is urged to contact the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.