Police say robbery crew targeted, shot vulnerable people at scenic overlooks in RPV, Pasadena

The Pasadena Police Department arrested six people Wednesday suspected in separate homicides in the last few days in Pasadena and Rancho Palos Verdes in which the victims were found inside cars parked near scenic overlooks.

The Pasadena shooting occurred early Saturday along Angeles Crest Highway. Police were contacted shortly after 3:20 a.m. about a car crash near mile marker 36.28. (Police had previously reported that the incident was at mile marker 28.36.)

Officers reported finding Los Angeles resident Jessie Munoz, 32, who had been shot several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A female passenger in the vehicle, who told police she was a friend of Munoz, was not injured.

Lt. Monica Cuellar, a spokesperson for Pasadena police, said the shooting was thought to have occurred during a robbery.

A couple of days later, a man and a woman were shot to death inside a blue Subaru parked at an ocean overlook on Palos Verdes Drive.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-26/palos-verdes-double-homicide-arrests