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$1 MILLION BAIL SET FOR MURDER SUSPECT.


Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer

A Sylmar man suspected of gunning down a man and woman in front of a sports bar, then trying to carjack car·jack or car-jack  
tr.v. car·jacked, car·jack·ing, car·jacks
To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users.



[car + (hi)jack.
 a family's minivan, was being held Tuesday in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to.  $1 million bail.

Zachary Mellon, 30, was arrested late Monday on suspicion of murder in the slayings of Christopher Staten, 25, of Sylmar, and Patricia Frias, 47, of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina
San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area.
, police said.

The three were acquaintances, police said, and the shooting broke out after a dispute between the two men outside Gary's Sports Lounge in the 13600 block of Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
  • Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)
  • Foothill Boulevard (East Bay, California)
.

After the shooting, police said, Mellon ran to a nearby service station, where he attempted to carjack a white minivan with five people inside, including a child, but he was chased away.

Mellon was apprehended a short time later by police, who recovered a pistol and revolver revolver: see small arms.
revolver

Pistol with a revolving cylinder that provides multishot action. Some early versions, known as pepperboxes, had several barrels, but as early as the 17th century pistols were being made with a revolving chamber to
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Date:Dec 5, 2001
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