Jessica Andrea Gordon, 21,who was charged in the shooting death of a Hells Angels associate last year has been granted immunity

A Mill Valley woman who was charged in the shooting death of a Hells Angels associate last year has been granted immunity in exchange for her testimony against the alleged gunman.Prosecutors dismissed the charges last week against Jessica Andrea Gordon, 21, who was driving the vehicle from which the gunshots were fired. Gordon has agreed to testify against Joseph Andrew Farnsworth, 20, who is charged with firing the gun that killed William Maclean on Highway 101."She is a witness against Mr. Farnsworth," said District Attorney Ed Berberian.Gordon's defense attorney, Douglas Horngrad, said the prosecution's decision to drop the charges "affirm that Jessica Gordon committed no crime.""She had no foreknowledge of this shooting, and only became aware of it after it happened," Horngrad said. "She shares the government's view that Mr. Maclean's death was a tragic one, and she mourns the loss of life."According to the documents, the shooting on May 24 occurred while Gordon was driving on northbound Highway 101 in a red Dodge Durango carrying Farnsworth and his girlfriend.As the vehicle was approaching Corte Madera, Farnsworth pulled down the window in the back seat and fired two shots at the pickup truck in the next lane, authorities said. One bullet struck Maclean, who was in the passenger seat, in the chest.Maclean, 25, of San Leandro, who was the son of one Hells Angels leader and the brother-in-law of another, was riding in a procession of Hells Angels
returning from a member's funeral. But sheriff's investigators described the shooting as "a random act of violence associated with road rage," not an attack on the Hells Angels.The Dodge Durango drove off after the shooting, but investigators were able to identify it through witness accounts and surveillance video from the Golden Gate Bridge. Gordon was arrested on May 28, and investigators found Farnsworth three days later.Gordon was charged with being an accessory after the fact, shooting at an occupied vehicle, permitting another person to shoot from a vehicle, possession of ecstasy and possession of cocaine. Those charges were dismissed under the immunity deal.
Farnsworth, an El Cerrito resident, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, shooting a firearm from a vehicle and shooting at an occupied vehicle. He remains in custody at the Marin County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail.A preliminary examination of the evidence is set for March 23 before Judge Kelly Simmons.