{"id":2114706,"date":"2023-12-03T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-arrest-suspect-in-serial-killings-of-homeless-people\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:07:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:07:35","slug":"police-arrest-suspect-in-serial-killings-of-homeless-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-arrest-suspect-in-serial-killings-of-homeless-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect apprehended for serial killings of homeless individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-arrest-suspect-in-serial-killings-of-homeless-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2114706&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Police Arrest \u200bSuspect in Serial Killings of Homeless People<\/h2>\n<p>A Los Angeles man already in custody in\u200d connection\u200b with another shooting investigation has\u200d been\u2062 identified as the suspect in\u2062 three recent killings of homeless men, police said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Police \u200bChief Michel Moore announced that Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, was identified as the suspect in the\u200d three killings after authorities determined a firearm \u2062found in a vehicle \u200bhe was driving when he\u200b was arrested earlier was linked to the shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Powell was\u2063 apprehended this week by Los\u2063 Angeles sheriff\u2019s deputies for investigation of the shooting death and robbery of a 42-year-old man late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The assailant had \u200dfollowed the man to his home in the community\u2064 of San Dimas about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest announcement came a day after Los Angeles authorities said they were searching for \u200da\u200b suspect in the \u2063shootings of three homeless\u200b men and urged homeless individuals to not sleep alone.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bshootings took \u2063place at the\u2063 end of November during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">early morning hours<\/a> while the victims were sleeping\u200d or preparing to turn in for the night.<\/p>\n<h3>Victims of the Serial \u2063Killings:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jose Bolanos, 37, found dead with a gunshot \u2064wound about 3 \u2064a.m. on Nov. 26 in an alley in South Los Angeles.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Diggs, 62, shot and killed while\u200d pushing a shopping \u200bcart\u2063 about 5\u2063 a.m. near downtown the following day.<\/li>\n<li>A 52-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-discovery-reportedly-made-outside-nyc-building-one-man-dead\/\" title=\"Man found dead outside NYC building, disturbing discovery made.\">man \u2062found dead<\/a> \u200cin the Lincoln Heights area on Wednesday \u2062about 2:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police did not publicly identify the third victim \u2062pending notification of family.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County is the nation\u2019s most populous, with about 10 million people, and was home to more than one in five \u200dof the nation\u2019s homeless people, according to\u2063 a 2022 federal\u2062 tally.<\/p>\n<p>As of January, the last official count, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/los-angeles-county-homeless-f6c43a705d244d60f20236ce8fed804c\">more than 75,000<\/a> were homeless across the county on any given night.<\/p>\n<p>After the San Dimas shooting, detectives identified Powell\u2019s vehicle through surveillance footage and tracked it to the city of Beverly Hills, where police stopped him Wednesday and found \u200bthe firearm inside, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful that this suspect in this case is in custody and no\u2062 longer a threat\u200c to this community,\u201d Moore told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Powell is due to appear in court Monday. Online jail records show he was arrested Thursday and is being held on $2 million bail.<\/p>\n<p>Moore asked the\u2064 public to come forward with any additional information. \u200dHe said authorities did not believe there was any connection between\u2062 Powell and the victims.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that authorities worked quickly across agencies to identify the\u200c suspect, aided by surveillance technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad \u2063they not had access to \u2063those tools, this individual, I \u2064am convinced, \u2062would still be moving about the \u2062city and \u200cthe region, and killing individuals,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/las-vegas-nevada-homeless-shootings-520e3012f29e24915b55cd61f8951271\">five homeless people were shot in \u2064Las Vegas<\/a> on Friday, \u200done \u200dof them fatally. Police there were searching for a lone suspect, authorities \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication\u2064 to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-authorities-identify-suspect-killing-3-homeless-men-los-angeles\/\">Police Arrest \u2063Suspect in Serial Killings of\u2063 Homeless People<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the discovery of a firearm linked to the shootings help identify Powell as the \u200csuspect?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The recent arrest of Jerrid Joseph Powell in connection with the serial killings of homeless people in \u200bLos Angeles has \u2062brought some relief to the community \u2062and shed light on the issue of homelessness \u200cin \u200bthe city.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Chief,\u200c Michel Moore, announced on Saturday that\u2064 Powell, a 33-year-old man already in \u200dcustody for another shooting investigation, has been identified as the suspect in\u200c three recent\u2063 killings of homeless men. This breakthrough\u2064 in the case came after\u2064 police discovered a firearm linked to the \u200dshootings in a vehicle \u200cthat Powell was driving\u2063 at\u200c the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Powell was apprehended earlier this\u200c week \u2064by Los Angeles sheriff&#8217;s deputies on \u2062suspicion of the shooting death and robbery\u2064 of a 42-year-old man. The assailant\u200d had\u2062 followed the\u2063 victim to his home in\u2063 the community\u200c of \u2064San Dimas,\u2063 located \u2062about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement \u200cof Powell&#8217;s arrest came after authorities in \u200dLos Angeles revealed that they were\u2063 searching for\u2064 a suspect\u200d in \u200da series of\u2064 shootings targeting homeless\u2062 individuals. As a precaution, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-sheriff-warns-homeless-people-from-out-of-state-were-coming-for-you-you-do-not-belong-here\/\" title=\"L.A. County Sheriff Warns Homeless People From Out-Of-State: \u2018We\u2019re Coming For You. You Do Not Belong Here\u2019\">urged homeless people<\/a> to avoid sleeping alone.<\/p>\n<p>The serial killings occurred at the end of November, during\u2062 the \u2063early morning hours while the victims were either asleep\u200d or preparing to sleep for the \u200cnight. The\u2064 victims\u2063 identified \u200bso far include Jose Bolanos, \u206237, who was found dead with \u200ca \u2063gunshot wound in an alley in South Los Angeles; Mark Diggs, \u206262, \u2064who \u200bwas shot and killed while pushing a shopping cart near downtown; and\u2064 another \u2064man, aged 52, who \u200bwas \u200dfound dead in the Lincoln Heights area. The third victim has not yet \u200bbeen publicly identified pending notification of\u2064 the family.<\/p>\n<p>These \u200dkillings highlight the vulnerability \u200bof the\u200c homeless population, particularly in a city like Los Angeles, \u200dwhich \u2063has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-homelessness-up-10-2023-count-shows\/\" title=\"LA Homelessness Increases by 10% in 2023 Census\">significant homeless population<\/a>.\u2063 According \u200dto a 2022 federal tally, \u2063Los Angeles County is home \u2062to more than one in five of \u200bthe nation&#8217;s \u2063homeless people, making it the most populous county in the country with approximately \u206410 million\u2063 people.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064arrest of \u2062Jerrid \u2062Joseph Powell brings hope that\u200b justice will be served for \u2064the\u2062 victims and their\u200c families. It\u2062 also serves as a reminder of \u2062the challenges faced by\u200d the homeless community and the need for efforts to address homelessness\u200d in Los \u2064Angeles and other cities across\u200d the \u200dnation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles man, already in custody for another shooting, has been named the suspect in three recent homeless men killings. Identified as Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, the authorities linked him to the murders after finding a firearm. 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