A handfun was recovered from the car of Gerrid Joseph Powell, the suspect, authorities said at a Saturday news conference.
A 33-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of killing three homeless people sleeping alone around the city at night.
Gerrid Joseph Powell, a convicted felon, also is accused in a follow-home killing in San Dimas earlier this week, authorities said at a Saturday, Dec. 2 news conference.
A handgun recovered from Powell’s vehicle was used in the three homeless killings, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said.
Powell is in the custody of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said members of the Beverly Hills Police Department conducted a traffic stop of Powell’s vehicle Wednesday night, and Powell was arrested early Thursday.
Luna said the vehicle was linked to Powell after the San Dimas killing, which occurred just before 7 p.m. Tuesday in the garage of a home in the 1800 block of Hawkbrook Drive.
The homeless killings occurred early in the mornings of Sunday, Nov. 26, Monday, Nov.
