Posted on 08/08/2019 12:34:18 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
A man accused of killing Los Angeles Police Department Officer Juan Diaz outside a taco stand in Lincoln Heights after the policeman and a friend told him to stop tagging a sidewalk has been charged with murder, authorities said Tuesday.
Diaz, 24, was off-duty when he was gunned down near Avenue 26 and Humboldt Street around 1 a.m. on July 27.
But those accused of killing him were involved in a series of other crimes that same night, including another shooting, according to LAPD. That second shooting allegedly targeted an ex-boyfriend.
Cristian Adrian Facundo, the 20-year-old suspected of fatally shooting Diaz, and Francisco Talamantes, 23, have been charged with murder while Ashlynn Smith, 18, has been charged with accessory to murder, according to LAPD. The three suspects were arrested Friday morning.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore said the department continues to piece together hundreds of pieces of evidence — tying together a string of crimes that started just after midnight. The three suspects were allegedly also with a 21-year-old Los Angeles woman who has not been identified by police.
It was seven minutes after midnight on July 27 when the suspects went to an area in the 2500 block of West Avenue 33 and vandalized the vehicle of an ex-boyfriend of one of the two women in the group, LAPD Captain William Hayes told reporters.
They left and then went to the 4200 block of Eagle Rock Boulevard, just over a mile away, where they tagged some gang-related markings on the side of a business about 20 minutes later, Hayes said.
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LAPD had to go to Temecula to arrest three suspects.
https://ktla.com/2019/08/02/officers-serve-warrants-in-connection-with-killing-of-lapd-officer-juan-diaz-who-was-shot-at-lincoln-heights-taco-stand/
Temecula? I know the city. It is by 15 Freeway. Pechanga Casino is in the city.
My theory is that those three suspects grew up near Downtown Los Angeles and moved out to Temecula.
They did not abandon their gang lifestyle when they moved to Temecula.
Have you seen Professional Hospital Supply? Their head office is in Temecula.
Have you seen Professional Hospital Supply? Their head office is in Temecula.
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I don’t think so.
I did go to an In-and-Out place in Temecula a few months ago.
The old in and out in Temecula, eh?
Gee, I wonder if they are here illegally, or maybe MS13?
Yup
“tagging a sidewalk”; “they tagged some gang-related markings on the side of a business”
I’m not familiar with this “tagging” lingo. It must be big city talk.
Means spray-painting graffiti.
“Means spray-painting graffiti.”
Thanks. I’m obviously out of the loop on much of today’s cultural enrichment goings-on.
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