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Suspect in custody for allegedly killing gas station clerk during robbery in Lancaster

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The fatal shooting happened around 8:25 p.m. on June 29 at a gas station on the 500 block of West Avenue J in Lancaster, authorities said. [Image by ANTHONY CHEVAL]
LANCASTER – A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly gunning down a Lancaster gas station clerk during a robbery in June.

Sean Searcy, 30, was shot in the 500 block of West Avenue J around 8:25 p.m. on June 29, according to the sheriff’s department. He died at the scene.

Detectives identified  29-year-old Marcell Sullivan as the suspect following an extensive investigation that included the examination of video footage and witness statements, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Sullivan was arrested at his Lancaster home on Tuesday, Aug. 25, and a handgun, believed to be the murder weapon, was seized by detectives who served a search warrant, the sheriff’s department reported.

Sullivan is being held on a “no bail” murder warrant at the Lancaster sheriff’s Station.

“Investigators will present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on August 27, 2020, for consideration of filing a formal complaint,” the sheriff’s news release states.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Previous related story: Clerk killed in Lancaster shooting; suspect sought

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26 comments for "Suspect in custody for allegedly killing gas station clerk during robbery in Lancaster"

  1. “By race, most arrestees (69.6 percent) were white, 24.7 percent were black or African-American, and 2.9 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 2.8 percent of arrestees.”

    Where did the 37% come from in Trumpist’s post?

      • They were your stats from a post below, you hypocritical uneducated snowflake, lolol. Troglodyte, lolol.

        • Oh, you delicate little man. You lose it quite readily.

          But, that’s okay. The end is near for you in a couple months, Mr. Trumpist.

          Your name will have the cachet of a Nixon#1 username. LOLOL and more L.

          Then, you’ll have to remove the tattoo of Trump’s face on your back.

        • Trump: Your online hate against other races, against children, against women and men that don’t back you up, will come back to you, or maybe it already is in your life.

      • Alexis doesn’t have the stones to use it’s real screen name. Did it have it’s stones surgically removed? Inquiring minds want to know!

  3. Criminals are criminals…they do not follow laws, including gun laws.
    BLM= Communist, seditionist group bent on the destruction of civil society, Freedom and Liberty.

    • CLLS…Criminals are criminals…they do not follow laws, including gun laws. Extreme right wing groups such as Boogaloo Boys, White Nationalists, KKK, etc.. Great example, and there are many, would be Kyle Rittenhouse with his AK, killing two white men peacefully protesting.

      • Reform/Alexis/Alex/Lily/Gutless Whatever:

        Do you feel that way because you are a felon, junkie and unnatural sexual abomination? Why do you scold and lecture people from your supposed position of moral superiority? Are you afraid to post under your other previous screen names?

  4. Liberals should stop worrying about black criminals acquiring firearms. They always unload on somebody else way before they ever get to you.

    • You really need to shut up. The people that are killing our white. It’s comments like this that fan the flames of racism and violence. I am so sick and tired of this venom. This kind of toxic heat is what emboldens, a 17 year old, to gun down, two people in cold blood. This is not OK.

      • What fans the “flames” of racism is that a certain demographic between the ages of 15 and 55 commit most of the violent crime in the United States. People notice and people talk. ALL PEOPLE!

        • Realist: Absolutely not true! FBI crime stats: Violent crime by whites; 58.7. Violent crime by blacks 37.4. Racism has infected every part of this society since the beginning. Read the history of racism instead of pointing the finger at one race.

          • What year is the stat for and where did you find it?
            All of the reports I am finding through the many tools provided by the FBI do not list race/ethnicity.

          • Yeah, but blacks are only 13% of the population.

            13% of our people = 37.4% of crime? Explain that.

          • To Trumpist 1. When it comes to the 37% crime to 13% population, the explanation is easy. Coming up in poor home, poor education, not having the same opportunities, feeling like no way out. Basically decades of racism piled on top of you as you try to get into a better situation. Some people give up after being beaten down alot of times.

          • Don’t have to explain anything to you because you don’t care to be educated on the matter of ingrained racism, Trumpist. You have a superior mind-set that keeps you blind.

    • I doubt it. He was too busy murdering people to care about activism and bettering the community. In fact,he was the exact opposite of what an activist is.

    • I bet he was, therefore we should let him go! It’s ridiculous they don’t work don’t contribute to society only take out taxpayer dollars and now they believe that they should not be bothered by the police. You never hear other races get shot by police on the news so why is BLM any different!

      • Until it’s put out if Marcell really indeed do it, a lot of you sound ignorant as Twitter fingers himself. It’s not hard to spot the racist in the comments