{"id":75670,"date":"2017-02-03T00:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=75670"},"modified":"2017-02-08T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:22:27","slug":"suspect-idd-in-lancaster-shooting-death-publics-help-sought-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/02\/03\/suspect-idd-in-lancaster-shooting-death-publics-help-sought-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect ID\u2019d in Lancaster shooting death [update: murder suspect surrenders]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The victim was found shot to death around 6:10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, near the 44700 block of Division Street in Lancaster. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER — A 35-year-old man was found shot to death in Lancaster Thursday morning, and a\u00a023-year-old man\u00a0was identified as the suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homicide detectives were sent to the 44700 block of Division Street around 6:10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, and they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released.<\/span><\/p>\n

Murder suspect Mario Jose Estrada. [Image courtesy LASD]<\/figcaption><\/figure>“Information gathered during the course of the investigation has led detectives to the murder suspect, Mario Jose Estrada<\/strong>,” the sheriff\u2019s news release states.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s officials told ABC7<\/a> that the suspect called a family member claiming he shot his roommate, and family members tried but were unsuccessful in convincing the suspect to turn himself in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mario Jose Estrada is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds, with short brown hair, brown eyes, a mustache and goatee. He has the word “Nano” tattooed inside his bottom lip, according to the sheriff\u2019s news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Estrada may be traveling with Jennifer Lopez<\/strong>, a 16-year-old Hispanic girl, in a light blue 2006 BMW SUV, with a California license plate of 6MWN447, according to the sheriff\u2019s news release.\u00a0<\/span>The vehicle was last seen in Ontario Thursday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Estrada is considered armed, dangerous and knows he is wanted,” the sheriff\u2019s news release states.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who sees Estrada is urged not to approach him but to call 911. <\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222- TIPS.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE: MURDER SUSPECT SURRENDERS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mario Jose Estrada has been arrested, authorities announced Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEarly this morning, Feb. 3, 2017, suspect Mario Jose Estrada, accompanied by several family members, turned himself in to Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station,\u201d according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estrada was arrested at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, according to LASD inmate records, which state that Estrada is actually 24 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEstrada was taken into custody and booked for murder and is being held in lieu of 2 million dollars bail. There is no more information available,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s news release states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The updated news release states that the shooting death occurred in the 200 block of Nicobar Avenue in Lancaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A previous news release stated that the victim was found in a dirt field near the 44700 block of Division Street in Lancaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER — A 35-year-old man was found shot to death in Lancaster Thursday morning, and a\u00a023-year-old man\u00a0was identified as the suspect. Homicide detectives were sent to the 44700 block of Division Street around 6:10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, and they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, according to a news release from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}