{"id":89129,"date":"2019-08-15T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=89129"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T01:13:40","slug":"brother-surrenders-in-sisters-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/08\/15\/brother-surrenders-in-sisters-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother surrenders in sister&#8217;s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89132\" style=\"width: 868px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89132\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-and-Marlena-Alvirez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"868\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-and-Marlena-Alvirez.jpg 868w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-and-Marlena-Alvirez-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eddie-and-Marlena-Alvirez-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suspect Eddie Alvirez (image via LASD], victim Marlena Virginia Alvirez (Facebook photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER &#8211; The 18-year-old suspected of shooting and killing his 13-year-old sister in Lancaster has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eddie Alvirez<\/strong> turned himself in at the sheriff&#8217;s Lancaster Station Wednesday afternoon and was booked into jail around 2:05 p.m., according to LASD inmate records. A warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with the shooting death of his sister, <strong>Marlena Virginia Alvirez,<\/strong> according to the sheriff&#8217;s department.<\/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, 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, Eddie Alvirez, 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,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s news release states.<\/p>\n<p>Marlena was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, coroner&#8217;s officials reported.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Alvirez is reportedly a gang member, sheriff&#8217;s Sgt. Richard Biddle told NBC4. He is being held in lieu of $2 million bail, and he is due in court Friday, Aug. 16. No further information on the circumstances surrounding the shooting is being released at this time, sheriff&#8217;s official said.<\/p>\n<p>An online fundraiser has been established to help cover the cost of Marlena&#8217;s burial. To donate, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/marlena-cheekies-alvirez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/marlena-cheekies-alvirez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/marlena-cheekies-alvirez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89134\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Marlena-Alvirez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Marlena-Alvirez.jpg 488w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Marlena-Alvirez-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Previous related story: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/08\/14\/girl-shot-to-death-in-lancaster-brother-sought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Girl shot to death in Lancaster, brother sought<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; The 18-year-old suspected of shooting and killing his 13-year-old sister in Lancaster has been arrested. Eddie Alvirez turned himself in at the sheriff&#8217;s Lancaster Station Wednesday afternoon and was booked into jail around 2:05 p.m., according to LASD inmate records. A warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with the shooting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89133,"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\/89129"}],"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=89129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}