Four men have been arrested in the fatal shooting last month of a man in a Home Depot parking lot in Torrance in what
detectives believe was an attempted robbery involving narcotics, police said
Wednesday.
The suspects ages 18 to 26 were arrested over the past month in the June 19 slaying of Bronze Ibe, 28, of Torrance, who was found shot in a vehicle in the Torrance Crossroads shopping center on the corner of Crenshaw and Lomita Boulevards about 11:40 p.m. that night, police said in a news release. Ibe later died at a hospital.
The suspects were identified as Jahanzaib Anwar, 26, of Los Angeles; Keveyon Whitmore, 21, of Littlerock; Monair Anderson, 19, of Los Angeles; and Ryan Sanders, 18, of Lancaster.
The victim knew the assailants and the crime “was not random,” Torrance police Sgt. Paul Kranke said.
“At this point, we just know he associated with them through witness statements,” he said. “It appears there was a dispute over narcotics and an attempt to rob him that night.”
The shooting is not believed to be gang-related, Kranke added. Witnesses at the scene were interviewed by investigators, he said.
The arrests were made over the past 3 1/2 weeks, with Anwar apprehended two days after the shooting and Sanders taken into custody on Monday, jail records show. Police said the men have been charged with murder and robbery, though detailed charging information was not immediately available Wednesday evening.
The suspects ages 18 to 26 were arrested over the past month in the June 19 slaying of Bronze Ibe, 28, of Torrance, who was found shot in a vehicle in the Torrance Crossroads shopping center on the corner of Crenshaw and Lomita Boulevards about 11:40 p.m. that night, police said in a news release. Ibe later died at a hospital.
The suspects were identified as Jahanzaib Anwar, 26, of Los Angeles; Keveyon Whitmore, 21, of Littlerock; Monair Anderson, 19, of Los Angeles; and Ryan Sanders, 18, of Lancaster.
The victim knew the assailants and the crime “was not random,” Torrance police Sgt. Paul Kranke said.
“At this point, we just know he associated with them through witness statements,” he said. “It appears there was a dispute over narcotics and an attempt to rob him that night.”
The shooting is not believed to be gang-related, Kranke added. Witnesses at the scene were interviewed by investigators, he said.
The arrests were made over the past 3 1/2 weeks, with Anwar apprehended two days after the shooting and Sanders taken into custody on Monday, jail records show. Police said the men have been charged with murder and robbery, though detailed charging information was not immediately available Wednesday evening.
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