SUSPECT ARRESTED IN NIGHT SHOOTING.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Deputies arrested a reputed reputed adj. referring to what is accepted by general public belief, whether or not correct. gangster believed to be involved in the shooting of a 19-year-old Lancaster man and the beating of the man's 20-year-old friend after a confrontation in a mobile-home park. Corey Dey was shot while talking with his friend outside a home early Tuesday when two men came out of a neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. home and glared at them, deputies said. ``We're not sure if words were exchanged but they gave each other looks, which turned into an altercation and ended up in a shooting,'' said Sgt. Derek Yoshino, who heads the Palmdale and Lancaster Operation Safe Streets teams. Dey was listed in critical condition at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills on Wednesday, suffering from a gunshot wound to his back. On Tuesday night, Victor Teo, 22, of Lancaster was arrested at his home. He was booked on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. and taken to the Lancaster sheriff's station jail, where he is being held in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $1 million bail. Investigators said they had identified a second suspect and were trying to track him down. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight in the Brierwood Mobile Home Estates in the 45800 block of Challenger Way. Teo and another man were leaving an acquaintance's trailer when they exchanged looks with Dey and his friend, deputies said. A fight broke out among the four and at some point either Teo or his companion dropped a handgun. Dey bent down to pick it up but Teo or his companion grabbed the gun and shot Dey in the back as he turned to run. Dey's friend was beaten but did not require hospitalization hospitalization /hos·pi·tal·iza·tion/ (hos?pi-t'l-i-za´shun) 1. the placing of a patient in a hospital for treatment. 2. the term of confinement in a hospital. . A female friend helped the assailants flee flee v. fled , flee·ing, flees v.intr. 1. To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night. 2. , deputies said. The female friend, whose name was not released, was also arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of being an accessory to attempted murder. Investigators said that before they release her name they are trying to determine what role the woman played in helping the two suspects. |
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