2023 Los Angeles spree shootings

The 2023 Los Angeles spree shootings are a series of fatal shootings that occurred in Los Angeles County, California in November 2023.[1] So far, four shooting deaths have been linked together by ballistic tests.[2] The suspect, Jerrid Joseph Powell, was arrested on December 2.[3]

2023 Los Angeles spree shootings
DateNovember 26–29, 2023 (2023-11-26 – 2023-11-29)
TypeMass shooting
Deaths4
AccusedJerrid Joseph Powell

Shootings

Jose Bolanos, a 37-year-old homeless man was found dead around 3 a.m. on Nov. 26 in an alley in South Los Angeles.[4]

The following day, Mark Diggs, a 62-year-old homeless man was shot while pushing a shopping cart around 5 a.m. near downtown.[4]

On the 28th, 42-year-old Nicholas Simbolon was followed driving to his home in San Dimas then was killed in a follow-home robbery and murder just before 7 p.m.[4][5]

On the 29th, Shawn Alvarez, a 52-year-old homeless man, was shot in the Lincoln Heights around 2:30 a.m.[4]

References
  1. "Suspect arrested in connection with four deaths in Los Angeles County". 3 December 2023.
  2. Betts, Anna; Jolly, Vik (2 December 2023). "Man Suspected of Killing 3 Homeless Men in Los Angeles is Arrested". The New York Times.
  3. "LAPD arrest 33-year-old man in connection to the murders of three homeless people". 2 December 2023.
  4. "Authorities identify suspect in killing of 3 homeless men in Los Angeles". 3 December 2023.
  5. "Man shot, killed in San Dimas possibly followed home by gunman". 30 November 2023.
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