LANCASTER MAN SOUGHT IN KILLING.

Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News

Prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Friday against a Lancaster man suspected in the shooting death of Kenneth Fenix, 39, who was shot Dec. 22 in front of his family's east Lancaster home.

Suspect Willie Charles Williams, however, remains at-large. Williams, 21, of Lancaster is charged with killing Fenix in the 45400 block of Sancroft Boulevard, said sheriff's Sgt. Randy Seymour, a homicide investigator assigned to the case.

A 12-year-old girl was hospitalized with gunshot wounds in the shooting that left Fenix dead. The killing was among five shooting deaths that occurred in Lancaster in a six-day period, and among six in the Antelope Valley in nine days.

Seymour said Williams is believed to be a member of a Lancaster gang that emulates the behavior of a Los Angeles gang, but said it was not clear whether that was a motive for the killing.

``Were these people involved with gangs? Yes, they were, but I don't know if that was the prime motive,'' Seymour said.

Seymour said the Fenix case remains open.

``We're still investigating whether other people were involved,'' he said.

Williams is identified as black, 5-foot, 8-inches tall, weighing 155 pounds, with a shaved head.

Seymour asked anyone with information on the suspect's whereabouts to contact the Lancaster sheriff's station at [phone].

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