COMMUNITY MOURNS MAN SLAIN AIDING MOM.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - Candles and flowers stood Wednesday in front of the Bruce Street house where a young Glendale man was shot to death as he tried to protect his mother from intruders who were robbing their home. Christopher Shahnazari, 21, was fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. wounded Tuesday as he walked in while the robbery was in progress, then intervened as the robbers shoved and grabbed his mother, police said. ``He's an awesome kid,'' said neighbor Hovik Zakarian, 40. ``He's very respected, he's very nice and ... he had a lot of friends. Everybody loved him.'' A Sunland man with a criminal record for theft and weapons offenses was arrested on suspicion of murder and two other people were being sought, police said Wednesday. Shahnazari died at Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County/USC Medical Center, where he was taken after the shooting just after noon Tuesday. ``(It was an) Unusual robbery and unfortunate homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. ,'' said Sgt. Tom Lorenz, a spokesman for the Glendale Police Department. ``It's not something we see here in the city of Glendale, and I think what's important is once again the homicide unit has developed leads (and) within 24 hours they've arrested a suspect involved in a murder.'' Police arrested Edmond Ovasapyan, 24, in the Sunland area, where he lives, and booked him early Wednesday morning on suspicion of murder. He is being held at Glendale Jail in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $1 million bail. Ovasapyan was on probation probation, method by which the punishment of a convicted offender is conditionally suspended. The offender must remain in the community and under the supervision of a probation officer, who is usually a court-appointed official. for a grand theft embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. conviction from last year, and his criminal history also included a 2002 conviction for brandishing a deadly weapon deadly weapon n. any weapon which can kill. This includes not only weapons which are intended to do harm like a gun or knife, but also blunt instruments like clubs, baseball bats, monkey wrenches, an automobile or any object which actually causes death. . Police are unsure whether Shahnazari knew any of the robbers. ``We're still trying to determine that by talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to witnesses, family members,'' Lorenz said. Shahnazari's death was the 19th homicide in Glendale so far this year, including 11 people killed in January's Metrolink crash, blamed on a man who parked an SUV on the tracks. The only suspect not yet in custody for a 2005 Glendale homicide is Artur Khanzadyan, 24, who police suspect of killing his girlfriend, Odet Tsaturyan. Anyone with information on the Shahnazari or Tsaturyan killings can reach the Glendale Police Department's homicide unit at (818) 548-3987. The 24-hour number is (818) 548-4911. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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