Authorities Identify Carjacking Suspect Found Dead in Lynwood

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LYNWOOD (CNS) - A carjacking suspect who apparently shot himself to death in Lynwood was identified on Wednesday by the coroner's office as 18-year-old Ernesto Sabian Ortega of Riverside.

Ortega's body was found in a Ford Explorer in the 11400 block of Birch Street in Lynwood about 10 a.m. Tuesday, sheriff's Lt. Kim Unland said.

Another young man, whose name was unavailable, was arrested at the end of a following or pursuit at or near Long Beach Boulevard and the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway, according to deputies with the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.

The vehicle was taken at gunpoint from someone at El Segundo Boulevard and Grandee Avenue about 2:40 a.m., and the victims identified the man arrested as one of the two culprits, deputies said.

Later, a scent dog alerted deputies to the Explorer. As deputies from the sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau approached, they heard a pop in the sport utility vehicle. Deputies then filled the passenger compartment with tear gas and used a remotely operated camera to confirm the man was dead.

From City News Service

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