EAST PALO ALTO — A person was discovered stabbed to loss of life inside a house late Friday, marking East Palo Alto’s fourth murder of the yr, based on police.
Saturday night, police stated they arrested a person in San Francisco in reference to the killing.
Police had been known as at 11:12 p.m. to a residence within the 1900 block of Cooley Avenue for a report of a stabbing, police stated in a information launch. Responding officers discovered a 50-year-old man with severe accidents, and he died on the house.
Police recognized the sufferer as Mario Ventura. Late Saturday, authorities issued a information launch saying that 47-year-old Darnell McKean, additionally an East Palo Alto resident, had been recognized as a suspect within the stabbing and that he had been arrested after being positioned within the Mission District in San Francisco.
Within the case replace, police stated solely that McKean stabbed Ventura throughout an argument, and launched no different particulars concerning the circumstances of the alleged assault. McKean was anticipated to be booked into the San Mateo County jail on suspicion of homicide.
East Palo Alto police stated the murder investigation and seek for McKean was joined by the San Mateo County District Lawyer’s workplace, the county gang job power, and police from Atherton, Menlo Park and San Francisco.
Anybody with data for investigators can contact Performing Commander Angel Sanchez at
650-853-3154 or submit an nameless tip by texting or leaving a voicemail at 650-409-6792, or by emailing epa@tipnow.org.
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