A man was under investigation Monday as a person of interest in a fatal shooting during a botched carjacking attempt in Paramount, authorities said. Photo via OnScene.TV.
Authorities announced Saturday that a suspect was arrested and charged in a fatal shooting that happened Nov. 5 during a carjacking in Paramount.
Sherman Myles, 29, was charged Thursday by the District Attorney’s Office for fatally shooting Macvell Holmes, 26, of Paramount, who died at the scene on Nov. 5 on the 8600 block of Somerset Boulevard, said the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect was arrested on Thursday by Long Beach police, and he does not have a bail amount.
Detectives learned the suspected gunman had been driving a red Lexus and may have been involved in a road rage incident near the intersection of Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach prior to the homicide, sheriff’s Sgt. Aura Sierra said.
The suspect allegedly fired several rounds into the air during that incident, but the victim in the road rage incident was not hit, Sierra said.
The suspected gunman then drove to an apartment building in the 8600 block of Somerset Boulevard, where he attempted to carjack Holmes, who was killed, Sierra said. The suspect then fled and carjacked a red Ford Mustang at gunpoint near the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Alondra Boulevard. The victim of that carjacking was not hurt, Sierra said.
After the carjacking, the suspect fled again and then crashed into a Cadillac near the intersection of Greenleaf Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard in Compton, and the Cadillac driver suffered minor injuries, Sierra said.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information in the case is urged to call Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
—City News Service
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