3 Will Be Arraigned in Drive-By Slaying

Three Pasadena men are scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with a weekend drive-by shooting in which a woman was killed as she celebrated her birthday, police said. A suspected gang member was injured in the incident, police said.

Cedric Anthony Walker, 21; Charles Dixon, 20; and Randolph Anderson Jr., 23, were arrested after the fatal shooting of Charlotte Harris outside a home in the 500 block of Summit Avenue early Sunday, police said.

The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. after Harris and James Vaughns, 35, left Harris’ home on Madison Avenue where they had been celebrating her 33rd birthday, said Pasadena Police Lt. Van Anthony.

The two were standing outside the Summit Avenue house when the three suspects allegedly drove up and opened fired with handguns, hitting Harris in the chest and grazing Vaughns in the abdomen, Anthony said. Both were taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital, where Harris died.