Posted on 07/29/2015 8:13:11 AM PDT by Pelham
Ambition brought Carrie Jean Melvin to Hollywood, where she chased a career in entertainment between waitressing and working odd jobs.
On a Sunday night in early July, as Melvin, 30, walked toward a restaurant near Sunset Boulevard with her boyfriend, someone walked up behind them, aimed a shotgun at her head and pulled the trigger. The gunman fled in a black sedan, police said.
Following weeks of investigative work, Los Angeles police on Friday arrested the man who they say fired the shot: Ezeoma Obioha.
A onetime security guard with a fledgling clothing line and civic ties, Obioha, 31, had contracted with Melvin's newly launched social media company to market his business, LAPD Lt. John Radke said. A dispute erupted when Obioha wrote her a check that bounced and she threatened to take him to court, authorities said. She never received the several hundred dollars she was owed, police said.
"I'm thankful that he was apprehended and arrested, but we can't celebrate," her father, Bernie Melvin, said Saturday. "This was a violent, senseless, meaningless act."
Her father said he knew his only daughter was dealing with a client who had written a bad check. The ordeal strained her finances and forced her to add waitressing shifts. She couldn't celebrate her father's birthday in mid-June or visit her parents' home in Morro Bay for Father's Day, he said.
It's unclear how Melvin crossed paths with Obioha, whose shop along Pico Boulevard in Mid-City, Hoods Inc., sold urban-style T-shirts and hats.
The shop, Obioha's home and a marijuana dispensary next to Obioha's shop were raided Friday by Los Angeles police, police said.
Obioha, who had a state-issued security guard license that expired in May, worked as the guard for the marijuana dispensary, Radke said. Obioha's license to carry a firearm expired...
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An Obama Dreamer? A Jeb Bush 'Act of Lover'?
Or just another legal blessing of diversity from the Third World.
I misread the name as “Enema Obama”.
I saw a story on another thread, that this guy was doing some work in the minority community, to urge young people to stay away from gangs.
Geez, shooting someone in the head is not exactly setting the best example for the youth he is trying to influence away from the gang life, is it?????
Close enough. Just another of Obama’s “sons”.
To him, it wasn’t just the money. He was entitled to write a bad check—if she wanted recompense, the ho could sleep with him. He felt dissed. Entitled jerk.
I wondered why the perps name hadn’t been in the news. Our country is doomed.
Reads like we have a “black sedan” problem. How many black sedans have been used in conjunction with a murder? We need to do something about that. And, no more bounced checks. If there’s not enough money in your account then by gosh the govt should make sure you’re covered.
A comment from the NY Daily News version of the story:
“Wanna be security guy kills someone of the opposite race, and no outrage. No marches, no protests, nothing.”
“Why does Trayvon get media hype and Carrie Jean gets nothing?”
A predator with a financial hustle going on.
We can dismiss this though since it's "just crime", not racially driven.
Move along, nothing to see here.
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