COSBY SUSPECT ONCE STABBED BLACK MAN.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer The 18-year-old suspect held for the murder of Ennis Cosby Ennis William Cosby (April 15, 1969 – January 16, 1997) was the son of actor Bill Cosby and Camille Hanks. He had four sisters. Life Ennis's father Bill Cosby mined family life for much of his material, but kept the family itself quite private. had served a six-month probation camp sentence for the stabbing of an African-American man in a 1995 fight at a Los Alamitos Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. gas station, officials confirmed Monday. A group of Latinos, along with a youth identified later as Mikail Markhasev, the man accused in Cosby's murder, clashed with the African-American motorist, who was stabbed in the arm and taken to a local hospital, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. reports of witnesses. The owners of the gas station, Los Alamitos Shell Service at Los Alamitos Boulevard and Katella Avenue, said the unidentified victim came to pump gas there and clashed with a teen-ager at the pay phone. At the time of the incident, Markhasev was 16 and attending Reseda High. The victim was not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. , according to authorities familiar with the case. He was treated and released after the Oct. 8 incident at the gas station, which is about one-quarter mile from the city's police station. Police happened on the scene soon after the attack was reported and arrested Markhasev. Authorities investigating the case at the time did not consider the case a racially motivated crime, only that the victim and Markhasev had a verbal dispute. Los Alamitos police refused comment on the incident on Monday, saying only that they have sent their case file on the matter to the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . Markhasev, 18, faces arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted March 28 in the murder of Cosby, 27, who was killed Jan. 16 atop the Sepulveda Pass Sepulveda Pass (el. 1130 ft. / 334 m.) is a mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. It is often called Poop-Out Pass, a phrase once used by now-deceased traffic reporter Bill Keene. . Markhasev was arrested March 12 at his apartment in Valley Village. Born in L'vov in Ukraine, Markhasev came to the United States with his mother in 1989. Between February and October 1995, Markhasev attended Reseda High before he was sent to Los Pinos Conservation Camp in Lake Elsinore stemming from the attack in Los Alamitos. A month after the attack on Cosby, authorities said, Markhasev was involved in a gang fight before class at a continuation school in Los Alamitos. Capt. Arl Farris of the Los Alamitos police said that before school on Feb. 5, there was a confrontation involving Markhasev on the campus of Laurel High Continuation School, near the campus of Los Alamitos High. Farris said that Markhasev was listed as a suspect in the fight that left a 16-year-old victim injured. The victim was uncooperative and refused to press charges, Farris said. Friends said that Markhasev, known as ``Pee Wee'' had been a tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. and then graduated to a gang, known as Barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. Los Alamitos. Bill Cosby had a small sign erected Saturday at the site where his son was shot to death to honor the person who tipped police to the suspected killer, according to the actor's publicist. The memorial reads, ``Thank You, Friend.'' ``It's fairly well known by now that Ennis would greet people with `hello, friend,' '' spokesman David Brokaw said. ``The family has been overwhelmed with the mass condolences and contributions people have made. Bill thought it was important for people to know the appreciation the family feels towards the person who came forward.'' CAPTION(S): Photo: A cyclist rides by a sign posted on behalf of Bill Cosby at t he site of his son's slaying, thanking whoever tipped police to the suspect. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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