Man Held in Valencia Slaying
A 21-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested and booked on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Valencia man this month, sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
Anthony Graham turned himself in Wednesday at the Lost Hills/Malibu Sheriff’s Station, Det. Richard Longshore of the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau said. Graham was also booked on two counts of robbery, Longshore said.
Brandon Hunsche was robbed and killed Oct. 1 at a Santa Clarita gas station. Graham is accused of being the getaway driver for the alleged shooter, Phaynes Reeda, 30, who was arrested Oct. 2 and faces murder and robbery charges.
Authorities said Graham and Reeda, who are jailed without bail, followed Hunsche and his girlfriend from a Hollywood Park casino to Santa Clarita. Hunsche had won $600 to $700 at the casino, deputies said.
Hunsche was shot when he scuffled with the gunman, deputies said. The robber also took the woman’s purse, but she was unharmed, they said.
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