DETECTIVES PROBING WHETHER 2 KILLINGS ARE LINKED.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Authorities are investigating whether a gang-related slaying in Van Nuys could be connected to the fatal shooting of a Piru man in January. Detectives are trying to determine whether the Feb. 25 death of Jesse Alvarado, 23, who was fatally shot in his Van Nuys apartment, is related to the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Victor Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the . ``We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if there is a connection, but that's something they are looking into,'' said 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 sheriff's Detective Joe Solerno. Alvarado, formerly of Santa Clarita, moved two years ago to Van Nuys, where he lived with his girlfriend and 2-year-old son, officials said. The couple had separated about six months ago. ``He was a nice, hard-working, very responsible individual,'' said Los Angeles police Detective Al Aldaz. Though police don't have information linking Alvarado to a current gang, officials said he was a member of a Santa Clarita group that formed in 1993, but is now believed to be inactive. Officials said that group was a rival to Flores' gang. ``At this point, no one has given us any leads to a motive,'' Aldaz said. ``We have to sit down and go through the entire investigation.'' Flores, who was found in a dry creek Dry Creek may refer to:
Officials said he wasn't going to school or working. ``He seemed to be a guy who hung around his friends,'' Solerno said. While Flores' family waits for an arrest, police said they have no leads and are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. anyone with information. ``They are still upset,'' Solerno said of the Flores relatives. ``They would like to find the people who perpetrated this crime.'' |
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