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O.C. Man Held in Hollywood Killing

Police in Hollywood arrested a Huntington Beach resident Monday on suspicion of killing a 27-year-old man and discarding the body in a garbage bin.

Officers went to the 1700 block of North Orange Drive shortly before 6 a.m. after someone reported seeing two men carrying what appeared to be a body wrapped in a blanket from the building, Los Angeles Police Homicide Det. Lloyd Parry said.

The body was found in a dumpster. Police later stopped a red pickup truck in Arcadia with a license number supplied by witnesses, Perry said.

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Authorities arrested Timothy B. Sheahan, 22, of Huntington Beach and Christopher R. Schumacher, 26, of Hollywood, Los Angeles Police Officer Jason Lee said. Each was held on $1-million bail.

The name of the victim was not released pending notification of relatives.

Anyone with information about the case should call homicide detectives at the Hollywood station, (213) 485-4310.

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