2nd Man Sought in Fatal Home Invasion
Police are seeking a second suspect in a home invasion robbery that left a 46-year-old Southwest Los Angeles woman dead and her 16-year-old daughter with a gunshot wound to the head.
Detectives said the suspect is known as “Shoreline” and hangs out on Adams Boulevard near Fairfax Avenue.
The suspect in custody, Carlos Hawthorne, 20, was arrested the day after the August robbery after allegedly making a phony 911 call reporting that he had seen two men fleeing in the victim’s car. Police said Hawthorne had stolen the car from the dead woman.
Hawthorne and “Shoreline” allegedly entered the home of Vanessa Arlene Sells about 6:40 p.m. Aug. 25 and demanded money from Sells while her daughter was taken to her bedroom and tied up. Investigators said the woman and her daughter were shot in the head.
The city has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect at large. Investigators described him as a dark-complexioned black man between 18 and 22. He is between 5 feet, 7 inches and 6 feet, weighs 170 to 200 pounds and has a close haircut.
Anyone with information should call detectives at: (213) 237-1310 or (213) 485-2504 after hours.
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