LOCAL : 3 Held in Garden Grove Slaying

Three teen-agers were arrested early today in connection with the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man during a fight just after midnight in the parking lot of an all-night convenience store in Garden Grove, police said today.

David Eugene Davenport of Garden Grove was killed by a shotgun blast about 12:10 a.m. outside a Circle K store at the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Katella Avenue, Garden Grove Police Sgt. Douglas Morrill said .

Police said Davenport was visiting a clerk at the store and followed the three youths into the parking lot after he suspected that they had stolen some merchandise. Witnesses told police that after a confrontation, one of the assailants took a 20-gauge shotgun out of the car and fired it at Davenport, Morrill said.

At about 12:30 a.m., a male and female juvenile were apprehended by Orange County sheriff’s deputies at the Euclid Avenue entrance to the Garden Grove Freeway. They were in a car that matched the description of the one at the slaying scene, Morrill said. Cesar Maua Sustait, 19, of Santa Ana was arrested shortly afterward at his Santa Ana home on Euclid Avenue, Morrill said. Police also believe they have recovered the shotgun used in the murder.