FORMER COP PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDER.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A former LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer pleaded not guilty to killing a Canyon Country woman and former standout basketball player following an argument at the suspect's Whittier home. Angela Shepard, 37, who worked for 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 . in 1995, denied killing Audrey Gomez, whose body was covered in a blanket in the back seat of her car. Gomez had been shot twice. ``She changed the way basketball was played in the New Jersey area,'' Alan dela Pena, spokesman for the Whittier Police Department, said of Gomez. She was a sought-after recruit and played for the University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame , where she suffered a knee injury. Shepard, who is being held on $2 million bail, was charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. and possession of ammunition, said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
The murder charge includes an enhancement that Shepard used a handgun to shoot and kill - a charge that could add 25 years to life to her sentence if she is convicted, Gibbons said. The two met while working with at-risk children at a Girls and Boys Town Girls and Boys Town, formerly Boys Town and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the care of at-risk children, with national headquarters in the village of Boys Town, Nebraska. of Southern California. Officials believe that Gomez was shot at Shepard's home between 11 and 11:30 p.m. Friday, when neighbors reported hearing gunshot wounds at the 15100 block of Hornell Street. ``An argument did lead up to the shooting,'' dela Pena added. ``Until we find out what the argument was about, we won't know the exact motive.'' Following the shooting, Gomez's body was placed into her Mazda 626 and taken to the parking lot of the Murphy Ranch Park at the 16203 Las Cumbres Drive, where the body was discovered by a caretaker Saturday afternoon. After the body was discovered, officials used a bloodhound bloodhound, breed of large hound whose ancestors were known in the Mediterranean region before the Christian era. It stands about 25 in. (63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 80 and 110 lb (36.3–49.9 kg). , which led them to Shepard's home. She was taken into custody without incident at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. ``The dog immediately led us to the suspect house about four miles away,'' dela Pena said. ``It was basically the route that was taken by the vehicle.'' Police said Shepard's fingerprints were found on a door of the vehicle and that two handguns were taken from her home. ``The weapons were taken into evidence,'' dela Pena said. ``One of them may have been used to kill Audrey Gomez. They will be going to the crime lab.'' |
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