Crime & Safety
Authorities Asking For Help Finding Duarte Man's Killer
Deputies said the man was shot to death as he walked toward his home with his wife by a someone in a white car.
DUARTE, CA -- Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding the killer of a 39-year-old man who was shot to death Saturday in Duarte as he was walked toward his home with his wife.
He was later identified as Kirinda Lavar Morehead, of Duarte, according to Investigator Rudy Molano of the coroner's office.
It happened at 8:18 p.m. in the 2300 block of Bashor Street, said Deputy Kelvin Moody of the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
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Morehead had just parked behind his wife's vehicle and they started walking toward their home on Mount Olive Drive, Moody said.
A white vehicle pulled alongside him and someone inside fired multiple shots at him. Morehead was hit several times, and was pronounced dead at the scene, Moody said.
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The white vehicle was last seen driving west on Bashor, then north on Mount Olive Drive.
Sheriff's homicide detectives asked anyone with information to call (323) 890-5500 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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