Couple arrested for murder of Long Beach 12-year-old

GOING TO GET AROUND HERE COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. JUAN: JUSTICE FOR A HEARTBREAKING LOSS. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND A COUPLE WHO MURDERED A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY. THE DEADLY SHOOTING WAS GANG RELATED EVEN THOUGH SOFI WAS NOT A GANG MEMBER. SUZIE: JOY BENEDICT SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY TRYING TO COPE WITH THEIR LOSS. >> HE WAS A LITTLE BOY WITH A BIG GRIN WHO SHOOTING DEATH BROKE THE HEARTS OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU LOVE TIK TOK AND FACEBOOK AND HE LOVED TO DANCE FOR THE FAMILY OF ERIC BROWN -- >> SOMETIMES I WANT TO CRY AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL. IT'S VERY PAINFUL. FRIDAY THEY GOT A STEP TOWARDS PEACE AS THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF TWO PEOPLE IN THE MAY 9 SHOOTING THAT KILLED ERIC AND INJURED HIS TWO FRIENDS. >> THIS INCIDENT WAS DEVASTATING FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE PAINS WE THINK ANYBODY WOULD THINK SO LITTLE OF LIFE LET ALONE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN THEY COMMIT A CRIME LIKE THIS THIS. REPORTER: THE REST ARE MADE THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY FROM SECURITY CAMERAS AND LICENSE PLATE READERS. >> YOU DON'T SEE THIS TYPE OF THING HAPPEN AND FOR THEM TO DO IT THIS DO IT AS BEST I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL. THEY HAD RECEIVED VERY MANY TIPS AND WAS JUST BASED OFF THE WORK THEY WERE DOING. REPORTER: SHE APPRECIATES IT. >> THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING AND THEY DID. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED 20-YEAR-OLD RESHAWN STRATHER AS THE SHOOTER WHO WAS ALREADY IN CUSTODY FOR AN UNRELATED ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE IN LOS ANGELES AND POLICE SAY HE IS A KNOWN GANG MEMBER. THEY ALSO ARRESTED 21-YEAR-OLD DESTENEE SCIPIO WHO THEY SAY IS HIS GIRLFRIEND AND ACCOMPLICE. >> DID IT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD? THE NOAH DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY WERE KIDS TWO, 20 AND 21 YEARS OLD. I HATE THAT THEY DID WHAT THEY DID BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD. REPORTER: A LOSS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS FAMILY WANTS TO AND. >> WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE VERY MOMENT THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY NEEDED TO SHOOT A KID I'M HOPING COMMUNITIES CAN COME TOGETHER AND WE CAN TALK AND SLOWED US DOWN ARE PART OF BOTH SUSPECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIME. RIGHT

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Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 07 2023