Police searching for suspect in killing of homeless Venice man
LAPD just put out this update on a Venice murder case I posted here last week.
UPDATE: On Friday, December 12, 2008, Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Noe Rodriguez, a 21-year-old man, with no known address. Rodriguez has numerous aka's and is a federal deportee. Rodriguez is wanted for the shooting death of the 50-year-old homeless man, whose identity is being withheld until his family can be located and notified.
Here's the previous release that came out two days earlier:
Homeless Man Shot and Killed
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is asking for the public's help in identifying the person (s) responsible for the murder of a 50-year-old homeless man in Pacific Division.
On December 8, 2008, at around 7:40 p.m., the victim was in an alley behind 1600 Lincoln Boulevard, when an unidentified male suspect approached the victim and shot him with a large caliber handgun. The suspect then rode away on a bicycle northbound towards the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Palms Avenue. The suspect is described only as a male.
The motive for the shooting is unknown at this time. The victim's identity is not being released pending notification of next of kin.
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