LOS ANGELES — A third suspect, described only as a male juvenile, was arrested in connection with a shooting spree that left four people dead, including a 14-year-old boy, in southeastern Los Angeles County, sheriff’s officials said Friday.
According to the sheriff’s department, the unidentified juvenile suspect was arrested Thursday night in Compton. No other details were released. According to the LASD, the juvenile’s case will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of charges. The juvenile’s exact alleged role in the shootings was unclear.
Gary Garcia Jr., 42, and Timberland Wayne McKneely, 20, were charged Thursday with four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with the spree that began Sunday night and stretched into Monday morning. The two are set to be arraigned Feb. 29 in a Norwalk courtroom on the charges, which include the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and shooting from a motor vehicle causing death.
The suspects are “alleged to have embarked on a random and brutal shooting spree in Bell, Huntington Park, Cudahy and unincorporated areas of L.A. County,” District Attorney George Gascón told reporters Thursday.
“They (the victims) all appear to have been targeted randomly as they merely moved about their daily life,” the district attorney said, calling it a “random shooting spree that shook the foundation and sense of safety of our community.”
Garcia and McKneely could face life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted as charged, according to Gascón.
The first shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. Sunday in the 6500 block of Bear Avenue in Bell, authorities said. That shooting left 24-year-old Kevin Parada dead. A 29-year-old man was also fired upon but not injured, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Shortly after midnight, another fatal shooting occurred Monday in the 1500 block of East Florence Avenue in the nearby…
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