LONG BEACH -- Two 19-year-old men, one from Compton and the other from Cypress, were charged with murder Friday in connection with the slaying of an 18-year-old Long Beach youth.
Melvin Lynn Davis of Compton and Rakeem Williams of Cypress were each charged with murder and an allegation that the June 25th killing of Dajon Daniels was carried out to benefit their alleged gang, authorities said.
LBPD Homicide detectives arrested the pair Thursday after a series of search warrants were served in several nearby cities, Lisa Massacani, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Warrants were served at two locations in Compton, one in Cypress and one location in Hawthorne. In addition to the arrests, police seized seven handguns, 12 rifles and one assault rifle, that was not registered, Massacani said.
Evidence linking Davis and Williams to the killing was also found and seized by police, she said.
It was late on a Saturday night when Daniels was gunned down in the 100 block of East 56th Street in Long Beach.
He and a number of others were leaving a party for a local girl after her father told everyone to clear out when nearly 200 revelers showed up, witnesses said.
Daniels was walking down the street when he got into a fight with a group of males and was shot at close range.
The victim lived in Long Beach and attended Jordan High School from December of 2009 to January of 2010, school officials said.
School records showed Daniels' left the district for a transfer to another school district last January, though it was not noted which district the teen had transferred to.
At the time of the killing, police said they were looking into the possibility that the attack may have been gang-related.
Davis and Williams were both on probation at the time of the killing and were being held without bail Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Inmate Information Center.
The slaying remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call Homicide Detectives Greg Krabbe and Peter Lackovic, 562-570-7244. Anonymous tips can be made via text or e-mail at www.longbeach.gov/police or www.tipsoft.com.
Melvin Lynn Davis of Compton and Rakeem Williams of Cypress were each charged with murder and an allegation that the June 25th killing of Dajon Daniels was carried out to benefit their alleged gang, authorities said.
LBPD Homicide detectives arrested the pair Thursday after a series of search warrants were served in several nearby cities, Lisa Massacani, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Warrants were served at two locations in Compton, one in Cypress and one location in Hawthorne. In addition to the arrests, police seized seven handguns, 12 rifles and one assault rifle, that was not registered, Massacani said.
Evidence linking Davis and Williams to the killing was also found and seized by police, she said.
It was late on a Saturday night when Daniels was gunned down in the 100 block of East 56th Street in Long Beach.
He and a number of others were leaving a party for a local girl after her father told everyone to clear out when nearly 200 revelers showed up, witnesses said.
Daniels was walking down the street when he got into a fight with a group of males and was shot at close range.
The victim lived in Long Beach and attended Jordan High School from December of 2009 to January of 2010, school officials said.
School records showed Daniels' left the district for a transfer to another school district last January, though it was not noted which district the teen had transferred to.
At the time of the killing, police said they were looking into the possibility that the attack may have been gang-related.
Davis and Williams were both on probation at the time of the killing and were being held without bail Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Inmate Information Center.
The slaying remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call Homicide Detectives Greg Krabbe and Peter Lackovic, 562-570-7244. Anonymous tips can be made via text or e-mail at www.longbeach.gov/police or www.tipsoft.com.
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