An ex-con was charged Wednesday with murder and other counts stemming from a man’s shooting death in Long Beach less than a week before Christmas.
Seth Gomes, 33, is facing one count each of murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and unlawful possession of ammunition, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
He is set to be arraigned Jan. 25 at the Long Beach courthouse.
Gomes was arrested Monday by Long Beach police near the 3800 block of Long Beach Boulevard in connection with the Dec. 20 death of Kevin Magana.
The 30-year-old victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to records from the coroner’s office.
Police said officers were dispatched at about 5:15 a.m. Dec. 20 to the area of Atlantic Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard to assist the Long Beach Fire Department involving an injured person.
Officers found Magana off the roadway near the intersection of 49th Street and Del Amo Boulevard, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The motive for the killing was not known.
Gomes remains behind bars in lieu of just over $3 million bail.
How in the world would this Ex-con be out walking amongst us? Did the DA let him out? Did the voters let him out with weak sentencing changes?
I was Kevin well I am Kevin’s girlfriend and everyday that goes by kills me more an more I’m so lost an hurt an confused on why anyone would wanna hurt such a loving an caring man all he wanted to do in life was help people we are homeless an leaving got a whole strings of garages he talked to the owners an they allowed us to be he did that so the homeless had a safe place to chill be feed an stay warm why they were safe no one was allowed to fight politics an any personal issues went away wen you were there he did it all just to see everyone smile and now he is gone n I never get to sée him smile I’m going to devote my life to getting a place for the homeless like he tried so hard to do it’s all gone now cops shut it dow I’m going to call it Craig’s Garage Kevin was known by everyone as Craig not kevin