The 16-year-old was arrested Friday on suspicion of running through and killing a man who was trying to stop shoplifting at his brother’s shop in South El Monte earlier this month, authorities said.
Kourosh “Steve” Yaghoubi, 60, was killed after facing a shoplifter on April 9th at a sibling’s family-owned giant discount store. It is unclear whether the teenager was in the store at any time during the incident.
Yagubi was unconscious and suffered from blunt instrument trauma when authorities arrived, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.
An attempt was made to stop shoplifting on April 9th in the city of South El Monte, authorities said.
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Detectives discovered the vehicle was being used as a getaway vehicle, leading to the 16-year-old suspect, authorities wrote in a news release. The suspect is a minor, so authorities will not disclose his name.
Yaghoubi’s brother and store owner Jim Yaghoubi told ABC-7 that he and his brother continued to shoplift in the car park after they left without paying a box of $10 masks. A physical argument continued. Yaghoubi told the news outlet that one of the shoplifters punched his brother into his head before the driver ran through him.
“I don’t know why this happened. Honestly, I was there at the last moments of his life. I saw his face. I saw his eyes,” Yaghoubi told ABC-7.
Authorities are still trying to identify several other individuals who were in the vehicle at the time of theft.
Anyone with information will be asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau (323) 890-5500. Anonymous tips can be left on (800) 222-8477 or on the Crime Stoppers website.
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