LAPD Confirms 3 Suspects In Custody In October 5th Alatar Drive Shooting Case

Back on October 5th, a marijuana robbery gone wrong resulted in a Woodland Hills man (who was probably running a pot farm or other drug dealing establishment in his house) being shot in the chest several times.  LAPD is still tight lipped on exactly what was going on at the house, but to refresh your memory (from LAPD Blog):

Los Angeles: A man was shot inside of his home by two suspects inside of his residence in Woodland Hills.

On October 5, 2009 at around 12:30 a.m., the victim confronted two suspects inside of his home in the 4900 block of Alatar Drive and started arguing with them.  During the argument, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the upper torso.  The suspects then ran away from the scene.  The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he is expected to fully recover from his wounds.

Detectives are looking for two suspects described only as males in a white vehicle.

On Friday I spoke to homicide detective Dave Peteque about another matter, and asked him if he knew anything about this case.  I was happy to hear that LAPD had made three arrests in the case, the most recent of which was about two weeks ago.

Today I received a call from Detective Speer, who gave me a little more information.  He informed me that one of the suspects had fled to Washington state, where he was apprehended, waived extradition and has since been returned to California.  All three suspects have very high bails and are all currently in jail awaiting trial.

Speer went further to commend Detective Jeff Briscoe for his work on the case.  A few more degenerates of the streets, good work guys.

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