Pasadena Police Release Sketch Of Double Homicide Suspect

PASADENA, CA — Pasadena police Thursday released a composite drawing of one of four men sought in connection with an apparent gang-related double homicide in January.

The victims, both 24-year-old Pasadena residents, were gunned down in a drive-by shooting into a crowd gathered at a streetside vigil where another young man was gunned down in December. The shooting happened at about 11:50 p.m. Jan. 6 in the 100 block of West Claremont Street. Antione Sutphen died at the scene and Ormoni Duncan died at a hospital.

"Although the motive remains unconfirmed, all information and investigative leads suggests a feud between a local Pasadena gang and a gang from the Duarte area which erupted a few months prior to the murders," according to a Pasadena police statement.

At 11:53 p.m. Jan. 6, officers responded to a shooting in the 70 block of Pepper Street, where they found Sutphen fatally wounded in a walkway, according to Pasadena police Lt. Vasken Gourdikian.

Within minutes, paramedics reported they were treating a second gunshot victim -- a 38-year-old woman who was taken to a hospital in critical condition. In that same time period, a single-car crash occurred at the intersection of California Boulevard and Saint John Avenue, where responding officers discovered two additional gunshot victims..

Duncan died at the scene, while a second male in the vehicle sustained a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening.

A shooting about two hours later in Duarte that left at least one victim with non-life-threatening injuries was possibly related to the one in Pasadena, the lieutenant said.

Since police made a public appeal Monday for help in solving the crime, "witnesses have come forward and provided further information, resulting in a composite sketch of one suspect," Pasadena police Lt. Tracey Ibarra said.

The murder suspects have been described as:

1. Male Black, dark complexion, approximately 20 to 25 years old, 6’0” to 6’2” tall, and 210 to 220 lbs.
2. Male Black, dark complexion, approximately 25 to 30 years old, 5’10” to 6’0” tall, and 240 to 250 lbs.
3. Male Black, medium complexion, approximately 25 to 30 years old, 5’9” to 5’11” tall, and 210 to 220 lbs.
4. Male Black, light complexion, approximately 25 to 30 years old, 5’11” to 6’01” tall, and 180 to 190 lbs.

Anyone with information on the crime was urged to call police at (626) 744-4241, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

City News Service and Patch staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.