Los Angeles: Suspect identified in deaths of three homeless people after car matched to separate killing
A man suspected of killing three homeless people in a matter of days is already in custody over a separate fatal shooting, Los Angeles police have said.
Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, was identified as the suspect in the spate of deaths this week after being arrested in connection with a robbery at a home in San Dimas, California.
A father-of-two was shot dead during that incident on Tuesday, and Powell was detained on Thursday.
Police released a CCTV image of a suspect over the killing of three homeless people. Pic: LAPD
Powell has now been named as the chief suspect in the killings of three homeless men between 26 and 29 November.
LA police chief Michel Moore said a car identified as being driven by the suspect in those shootings had been matched with the vehicle Powell was driving on Tuesday, which was seen in security footage.
A handgun found in that car also matched the weapon used in the homeless killings, which happened in different locations across two large areas of the city.
Mr Moore said one was killed “brutally and ruthlessly” as he was sleeping on a sofa, one was leaning against a wall, while the third was sleeping on a pavement.
Police have not named the victims, but the Los Angeles Times reported they were Jose Bolanos, 37, Mark Diggs, 62, and an unidentified 52-year-old man.
The victim in Tuesday’s shooting in San Dimas has been named as Nicholas Simbolon.
The 42-year-old was found dead in his garage, said police, who believe he was followed to his home from an electric vehicle charging station and robbed.
A motive has not been established for any of the killings.
Elon Musk says he has created a new political party – the America Party –
after asking his followers if he should do so in an online poll.
It follows his public falling out with Republican President Donald Trump.
On Friday, the billionaire had asked his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created.
On Saturday evening he wrote on the same platform: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
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Trump threatens to ‘put DOGE’ on Musk
The world’s richest man made the announcement just one day after President Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which Musk had fiercely opposed.
Musk had previously said we would form and fund a new political party to unseat lawmakers who supported the bill.
From bromance to bust-up
The Tesla boss backed Trump’s election campaign with more than a quarter of a billion dollars, later rewarded with a high profile role running the newly created department of government efficiency (DOGE).
But observers of the two men, both with huge wealth and reputations, wondered how long the bromance would last.
Donald Trump gave Musk a warm send-off in the Oval Office in May. Pic: Reuters
In May Musk left the role, still on good terms with Trump but criticising key parts of his legislative agenda.
After that, the attacks ramped up, with Musk slamming the sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination” and Trump hitting back in a barbed tit-for-tat.
Trump earlier this week threatened to cut off the billion-dollar federal subsidies that flow to Musk’s companies, and said he would even consider deporting him.
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