Man Arrested in Bicyclist’s Fatal Shooting
Police arrested a a 26-year-old man Friday in connection with the fatal drive-by shooting of a bicyclist in the 200 block of South Cliffrose Street on Thursday night.
Graydon Marc Pfeiffer, 26, of Anaheim was arrested on suspicion of murder, Sgt. Craig Hunter said. He is being held at the Anaheim City Jail on $250,000 bail.
Police identified the victim as Max Gail Downs, 23, also of Anaheim, who was riding his bicycle along Cliffrose about 8:35 p.m. Thursday.
Neighbors in the quiet residential neighborhood said Friday they discovered the body and the bicycle about 9:30 p.m. the night before.
“He was on a bike and a guy drove by and shot at him,” said Hunter, of the Police Department’s gang detail. But Hunter said there was no evidence that the shooting was gang-related or that Pfeiffer was affiliated with any gang.
Early reports that a dog also had been shot to death proved untrue.
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