A murder trial is underway for a Rancho Cucamonga man accused of fatally striking another man with his car following a fight in Pico Rivera, officials said.
Opening statement were heard Friday in Norwalk Superior Court in the case of Alfred Campos, 39, court officials said.
He’s charged with murder in connection with the Oct. 29, 2011, death of 38-year-old Richard Quintana Becerra of Pico Rivera, which occurred about 1:20 a.m. at Telegraph Road and Passons Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Thomas said shortly after the incident.
The men were believed to have been involved in a fight nearby before Campos got into his vehicle and intentionally ran over Becerra as he was in the street, Thomas said.
Paramedics pronounced Becerra dead at the scene, officials said.
Witnesses helped apprehend the suspect by flagging down a patrol deputy who happened to be in the area and directing the deputy toward Campos’ fleeing vehicle, according to Thomas.
Deputies caught up with Becerra and arrested him at Slauson Avenue and Boer Street in an unincorporated county area west of Whittier, officials added.
The investigation was handled by detectives from the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.