Two suspects were arrested Sunday in San Jacinto by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives investigating the Saturday shooting death of a man in a parking lot in Valley Glen. The victim of the shooting has been identified as Ricardo Zetino, a 31-year old resident of Tujunga.
The shooting occurred on Saturday, January 25, 2013, at approximately 7:25 P.M., in a parking lot of LA Valley College, 5800 Fulton Avenue, (at Burbank Blvd), in Valley Glen, in the east San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department - Van Nuys Division officers responded to a "shots fired call." Upon their arrival, they discovered the victim outside of a vehicle in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Community College Bureau deputies worked with LAPD officers at the scene. Because the campus of LA Valley College is the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff's Homicide investigators responded to the scene to conduct a homicide investigation.
No classes or campus activities were going on when the shooting occurred and the shooting was not associated with campus activities.
Investigators developed information that the shooting incident was the result of a drug deal "rip-off." The choice of the college parking lot was random.
Information developed by investigators led them to an apartment in the City of San Jacinto in Riverside County, where both suspects were located and arrested without incident.
A search warrant was executed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide investigators at the San Jacinto residence and two revolvers were recovered,
along with other ballistic evidence. An undetermined amount of illegal drugs were also seized, as well as the suspects' vehicle, which is believed to have been used during the murder.
Suspects Raheen Taylor, a 31-year old male, and Derrick Wilson, a 25-year old male, were booked at the Inmate Reception Center and are currently being held without bail in the Los Angeles County jail system. Both suspects are scheduled to be arraigned at Van Nuys Superior Court on Tuesday, January 28, 2013.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org/ If you have any information about possible crime on campus, you are asked to contact LASD Community College deputies at 323-669-7555.
The Community College Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides contract policing and security services to the Los Angeles Community College District, http://www.laccd.edu/ the largest community college district in the nation. With nine campuses located throughout Los Angeles County and a student population of 130,000, the District serves more than 100 cities in an 800 square mile area. The Los Angeles Community College District comprises 8% of all California community college enrollments. The nine campuses include: East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles Valley College, Pierce College, and West Los Angeles College.
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