FBI IN CHICAGO ARRESTS VALLEY SLAYING SUSPECT.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer An FBI task force in Chicago has tracked down and arrested a gang member on suspicion of shooting a man to death in front of a 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. market last fall, police said Wednesday. Acting on a tip from San Fernando police, federal agents and Chicago-area police found Ernesto Perez Torres, 24, hiding in a closet at his brother's house in Chicago on Tuesday, said San Fernando police Detective Lance Steaman. ``He's a very dangerous person, and I believe he was a threat to anybody who would have impeded his path to freedom,'' Steaman said. Torres was arrested on a $1 million warrant issued in the slaying of 34-year-old Robert Rodriguez Torres, who is not related to him, Steaman aid. The Lancaster man was shot Oct. 9, 1997, in front of a market in the 500 block of Kalisher Street in San Fernando. Police say Robert Torres was mistaken for a gang member and shot in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and for an earlier gang slaying in San Fernando. Robert Torres grew up in San Fernando and had never been a gang member, said his stepfather step·fa·ther n. The husband of one's mother and not one's natural father. stepfather Noun a man who has married one's mother after the death or divorce of one's father Noun 1. , Eugene Hernandez. He moved to Lancaster to live with his stepfather and mother, Frances Hernandez, and he was visiting his five children in San Fernando when he was shot. Hernandez said he and his wife were ``ecstatic'' to hear of the arrest. ``My wife made a vow to her son and we prayed to God and the Virgin Mary Virgin Mary: see Mary. Virgin Mary immaculately conceived; mother of Jesus Christ. [N.T.: Matthew 1:18–25; 12:46–50; Luke 1:26–56; 11:27–28; John 2; 19:25–27] See : Purity that he would be captured before the anniversary of our son's birthday, which is May 4,'' he said. ``So our prayers were answered.'' After the shooting, San Fernando police enlisted the help of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. and together followed up leads that took them from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. to Shasta counties. ``He was the No. 1 suspect we were 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. ,'' Steaman said. With signs that Torres had fled the state, San Fernando police secured a federal warrant for his arrest on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, Steaman said. They then turned to the FBI's Fugitive Task Force in Chicago to search for the suspect because he has relatives in that area. |
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