Police arrested two 18-year-old men and two boys Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old homeless man in Long Beach.
Special Investigations Division detectives Friday arrested two teenage Long Beach residents near the 800 block of Maine Avenue. Both juveniles were booked for assault with a deadly weapon and robbery, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
The names of the 16- and 17-year-olds were not released because of their ages.
Detectives also arrested 18-year-old Long Beach resident Jesus Hernandez-Perez Friday near the 400 block of West Ninth Street. He was booked for murder and is being held on $2 million bail, police said.
The U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force and Lakewood Police Department assisted Long Beach detectives in coordinating the arrest of 18-year-old Lakewood, Washington resident Dangelo Antolin Rodrigues. He was arrested Friday in the 4800 block of 123rd Street in Lakewood, Washington.
According to police, Rodriguez will be extradited from Lakewood to Long Beach. His bail was set at $3 million.
Officers responded to the 900 block of Maine Avenue around 11 p.m. July 11 regarding a report of shots fired and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying on the ground near Loma Vista Drive and Corvo Court, police said.
Paramedics took the wounded man to a hospital, where he died. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the man as Canaan Oryema Okatch.
According to the preliminary investigation, several males approached Okatch and began hitting him. One suspect then fired multiple gunshots at him, police said.
Anyone with information on the shooting was urged to call Detectives Michael Hutchinson or Lisette Temblador at 562-570-7244. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS or use the website www.lacrimestoppers.org.
Great work Officers! Just because the man was homeless didn’t mean his life didn’t matter. Hopefully these teens will get what they deserve! But what a terrible thing to do at such a young age.