Machinist Held in Man’s Slaying
Police arrested a North Hollywood machinist near his place of work Monday morning in connection with a shooting two days earlier that left a man dead.
Tien Minh Nguyen, 59, was being held without bail at Glendale city jail, according to a Glendale Police Department statement.
Hung Pham, 48, of La Palma, was found about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, face down in the driveway of Glenair Inc. at 1211 Air Way, with a bullet wound in his back. He was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center where he died about two hours later.
After developing leads over the weekend, homicide detectives arrested Nguyen about 6 a.m. while he was driving to work. He is employed at Millmatic Co., also on Air Way, police said.
No other information was available.
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