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Suspect in Fatal Shooting Surrenders

By HECTOR BECERRA
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A suspect in the fatal shooting of a Canoga Park father of six has turned himself in at the Van Nuys police station, authorities said.

Lamar Julius Singleton, 39, allegedly shot 42-year-old Leonardo Gomez-Perez outside a small shopping center at Roscoe Boulevard and De Soto Avenue during a Feb. 6 crime spree that included two robberies, police said.

Singleton walked into the police station around 2 p.m. Monday accompanied by his parents and wife, Det. Mike Oppelt said.

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On the day of the shooting, Singleton robbed a customer at gunpoint in a Winnetka 7-Eleven, police said. About three hours after Gomez-Perez was shot, Singleton robbed another 7-Eleven in Canoga Park, detectives said.

Singleton has a “lengthy criminal record,” Oppelt said. He will be arraigned today, the detective said.

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Hector Becerra

Hector Becerra is managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. A native Angeleno who grew up in Boyle Heights, Becerra’s first foray into journalism was as the editor of the University Times at Cal State Los Angeles. He started his career at the Los Angeles Times in 1999 and was a general assignment reporter until 2014, covering everything from wildfires to crime to Latino cultural trends. He has been among the first to a murder scene as part of a ride-along in South L.A. and has tried his hand as a field worker, picking strawberries in Santa Maria. Becerra was part of the team of reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize’s Public Service award for its coverage of the city of Bell corruption scandal. He was city editor for the California section until 2022, when he was promoted to deputy managing editor. He was named managing editor in 2024.

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