A suspect was behind bars Saturday on suspicion of killing his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend with a shotgun.
Rafael Berumen, 55, was booked on suspicion of murder a short time after Friday's 1:30 p.m. shooting in the parking lot of El Primo Foods in the 600 block of Monterey Pass Road, Detective David Gunner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said. He initially was believed to be a Pomona resident.
Monterey Park police officials and sheriff's deputies found Berumen at a Los Angeles residence about 4 p.m. Friday, where he was arrested after a brief armed standoff, officials said.
"He stood in the middle of the street for approximately 15 minutes with a handgun," Gunner said. "He never pointed it at officers or deputies. He just stood there asking to be shot."
People who feel a gun is the answer to a failed relationship, or who can't take the breaking up, should not own guns. They certainly shouldn't have them handy in their cars.
People who claim that California's gun laws don't work should consider that over the border in Nevada and Utah you can buy guns as easy a fishing poles. That's what's wrong.
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"People who feel a gun is the answer to a failed relationship, or who can't take the breaking up, should not own guns. They certainly shouldn't have them handy in their cars."
ReplyDeleteWhen they finally get the Department of Precrime off the ground, we'll be able to ensure that those people not only not own guns, but no longer walk free in our society.
So you are for sure that this nut drove to Nevada to purchase his gun? Or is this one of those Virginia Tech loophole leap rants?
ReplyDeleteYou know, the kind where some idiot says that to stop VT massacres we have to close the gunshow "loophole" so everyone has to buy a gun through a licensed dealer who does a backgroung check when in fact the dirtbag at VT didn't buy his guns at a gunshow but bought them from a licensed dealer that did a background check.
In other words is this an opportunity-to-climb-over-dead-bodies-to-make-a-political-statement post? Or do the gun laws anywhere other than California actually have anything to do with this story?
CA residents are prohibited from purchasing guns in Nevada and Utah.
ReplyDeletePeople who claim that California's gun laws don't work should consider that over the border in Nevada and Utah you can buy guns as easy a fishing poles. That's what's wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Nevada and Utah have to do with this story? Do you think the shooter could not buy a shotgun in California?
Mike, maybe you could find SOME evidence the gun came from either of those places before you use this tragedy to further your agenda?
ReplyDeleteThis post sickens me, and I notice you don't appear to have the nerve to respond.
Anonymous said, "This post sickens me, and I notice you don't appear to have the nerve to respond."
ReplyDeleteI guess you haven't been coming around here long. I do a lot of speculating and fleshing out of stories. And yes, I do it to make my point.
It's fun. You should try it.
I do a lot of speculating and fleshing out of stories.
ReplyDeleteUnderstatement of the year.
So "making your point" trumps finding out the facts?
ReplyDeleteIt must feel good to be part of the ancient tradition of propagandizing. Seriously, with techniques like those it's no wonder the public doesn't pay any attention to you gun nuts.