Crime & Safety
Man Who Killed 18-Year-Old In South OC ID'd, Police Say
An Indiana man was charged Tuesday with killing an 18-year-old in a sober-living facility in south Orange County.
IRVINE, CA — An Indiana man was charged Tuesday with killing an 18-year-old in a sober-living facility in south Orange County.
24-year-old Braxton Tysean Hill was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.
Hill is accused of killing Jazz Basse Lachance of San Tan Valley, Arizona.
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Police responded to the scene at 2 Tyler Place at about 6:10 a.m. Monday. Upon arriving, officers found the victim seriously injured and moved him to the nearest hospital where he was pronounced dead.
He was not identified immediately by police.
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The defendant and the victim both lived at the sober-living facility and may have been roommates, police said. A motive for the crime was not immediately known.
The exact cause of death is under investigation, police said.
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