A 29-year-old man suspected of murdering his father in Monrovia has been taken into custody, authorities said Wednesday.
The victim was killed Feb. 22 in his apartment in the 100 block of West Olive Avenue, near South Myrtle Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. Investigators later identified the victim’s son, Arturo Gonzalez Jr., as the murder suspect.
He has since been taken into custody, but details on a possible motive for the killing and additional information about the victim were not available.
Gonzalez is believed to be a transient and had been seen in Long Beach, Lakewood, Hawaiian Gardens and Norwalk after the murder. He is also known to frequent Pasadena and Altadena, according to the sheriff’s department.
Anyone with information about the death of the elder Gonzalez was asked to call Sgt. Delia or Sgt. Mezzano at 323-890-5500. To provide tips anonymously, the public can call 800-222-8477 or use lacrimestoppers.org.
