Detectives used surveillance video to track individual from crime scene

[aesop_image imgwidth=”300px” img=”http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-06-at-2.04.59-PM.png” credit=”Courtesy LBPD” align=”right” lightbox=”on” caption=”A screen shot of video shared by the Long Beach Police Department shows a man police believe is responsible for the Aug. 6 shooting deaths of 26-year-old Carina Mancera and her 4-year-old daughter Jennabel Anaya. This week, police upgraded him from being a “person of interest” in the case to “suspect.” ” captionposition=”right”] [aesop_character name=”Cory Bilicko” caption=”Managing Editor” align=”left” force_circle=”off”] The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) on Wednesday upgraded a man it had deemed “a person of interest” to “suspect” in two Aug. 6 murders after detectives reviewed surveillance video that enabled them to track him from the murder scene, police said.
The suspect is wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of 26-year-old Carina Mancera and her 4-year-old daughter Jennabel Anaya, both of Long Beach.
The murders occurred around 10:15pm on Aug. 6, in the area of 9th Street and Locust Avenue. When officers arrived shortly thereafter, they found that Mancera and Anaya had been struck by gunfire, according to police.
Long Beach Fire Department personnel pronounced Mancera deceased at the scene. Her daughter was transported to a local hospital in critical condition but was pronounced deceased early the next morning.
A preliminary investigation determined the two victims and the child’s father, Luis Anaya, 27, had just arrived home, and they were walking to their nearby residence, when the shooting occurred. The perpetrator had also targeted Anaya but missed.
The suspect is described as an African-American male in his 20s or 30s.
He is observed on video in a local business after the shooting occurred and then on a Blue Line train— with luggage— soon thereafter.
He boarded the train at 5th Street and Long Beach Boulevard and rode it into Los Angeles, police said. He then got off at the San Pedro Station located at Washington and San Pedro streets.
Police believe he may have left the area and/or the state, and they are hoping members of the public will come forward with information after viewing the video footage, which is available at youtube.com/watch?v=Gg74FRe1OnQ.
Anyone who is able to identify the man in the videos, or who knows of his whereabouts, is urged to contact the Long Beach Police Department’s Homicide Detail at (562) 570-7244.