A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of homicide a day after police stated he fatally stabbed a 20-year-old man at a Dave’s Sizzling Rooster in Lengthy Seashore.
Brandon Nguyen of Huntington Seashore was taken into custody at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on Monday morning. Police didn’t say whether or not he was attempting to get on a aircraft. He’s being held with out bail, in response to jail information.
Early Sunday, a struggle broke out between two teams on the restaurant on East 2nd Road within the Belmont Shore neighborhood. Shortly after 1 a.m., the lethal stabbing occurred. Inside two minutes, officers arrived; they’d been on one other name within the space. However the assailant had already fled, in response to police.
A 20-year-old man, recognized by his household as Adrian Hernandez, was stabbed within the higher physique and was taken to a hospital, the place he died, police stated.
Authorities haven’t stated what they consider prompted the struggle. However Hernandez’s godfather, Juan Quintero, advised KTLA his godson was standing up for ladies who had been being harassed on the restaurant by a gaggle of males.
“The gentleman that he was … he defended their honor,” Quintero advised the station. “He stood up for his associates.”
Detectives used safety digital camera footage and assist from “enterprise and group companions” to determine Nguyen, police wrote in a information launch. After Nguyen’s arrest, authorities stated they served a search warrant at his residence. It isn’t clear what objects had been recovered as a part of the search.
