{"id":89092,"date":"2019-08-14T08:46:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=89092"},"modified":"2019-08-15T06:31:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:31:54","slug":"girl-shot-to-death-in-lancaster-brother-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/08\/14\/girl-shot-to-death-in-lancaster-brother-sought\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl shot to death in Lancaster, brother sought [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_89093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89093\" style=\"width: 843px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89093\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect.jpg 843w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suspect Eddie Alvirez [Image via LASD]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; A 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in Lancaster Tuesday afternoon and investigators are trying to locate her 18-year-old brother, who they suspect shot her.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting was reported around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Aug. 13, in the bedroom of a home in the 1700 block of West Avenue J-15,&#8221; according to a n<a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/7470972\/?sub_id=1000000406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ews release from the Sheriff&#8217;s Information Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect, <strong>Eddie Alvirez<\/strong>, male Hispanic (18), was in a bedroom which he shares with his two female Hispanic sisters. Alvirez was in possession of a handgun that he pointed at one of his sisters and shot. He fled the location on foot with the handgun,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s news release states.<\/p>\n<p>Alvirez is reportedly a gang member, sheriff&#8217;s Sgt. Richard Biddle told NBC4.<\/p>\n<p>Alvirez is Hispanic, 5 feet 4, 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, gray or black shorts and Jordan- brand shoes, the sheriff&#8217;s department said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the shooting or the whereabouts of Alvirez is encouraged to call sheriff&#8217;s Homicide Bureau Detectives F. Hardiman or M. Haggerty at 323-890-5500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as Marlena Virginia Alvirez, 13, of Lancaster, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner&#8217;s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89094\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-Alvirez-Lancaster-murder-suspect1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in Lancaster Tuesday afternoon and investigators are trying to locate her 18-year-old brother, who they suspect shot her. The shooting was reported around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Aug. 13, in the bedroom of a home in the 1700 block of West Avenue J-15,&#8221; according to a news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89093,"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":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89092"}],"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=89092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}