US Edition1 suspect arrested in killing of man trying to stop shoplifters in South El Monte
- A teenager has been arrested in connection with the death of Kourosh Yaghoubi, who was killed in a hit-and-run after trying to stop shoplifters at a store in South El Monte on April 9.
- Kourosh Yaghoubi was assisting his brother at the Giant Discount Store when a shoplifter stole a box of surgical masks, leading to an altercation in the parking lot.
- Authorities are presenting the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for formal charges while seeking additional suspects involved in the incident.
- The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department reported that Yaghoubi was hit intentionally, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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16-year-old suspected driver arrested after store worker, 60, run over repeatedly, killed while trying to stop shoplifting
A 16-year-old suspected get-away driver was arrested Friday after a Southern California store worker, 60, was beaten up, run over repeatedly, and killed while trying to stop a robbery earlier this month. Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators are trying to identify several other suspects seen in the vehicle during and after the April 9 incident that took the life of Kourosh "Steve" Yaghoubi, who was helping at his brother's store in South El…
Teen arrested for shoplifting, killing man who tried to stop him in L.A.
A teenage shoplifting suspect was arrested over a week after he allegedly killed a 60-year-old man who tried to stop him in the parking lot of a South El Monte shopping center. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced on Monday that detectives found and arrested the suspect, only identified as a 16-year-old male, on […]
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1 suspect arrested in killing of man trying to stop shoplifters in South El Monte
Detectives caught one of the suspects in the killing of a Garden Grove man who was run over when he tried to stop shoplifters who stole a box of masks from his brother’s South El Monte store, authorities announced Monday, April 21. The 16-year-old boy, who is the suspected driver, was arrested on suspicion of murder outside his home on Friday, April 18, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Modica said. He didn’t say where the teen lives. Inv…
16-year-old arrested in connection with El Monte death
A 16-year-old boy who allegedly fatally struck a man trying to foil a group of shoplifters at a South El Monte strip mall was arrested and awaiting word on possible criminal charges, sheriff's officials said Monday.
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