A Long Beach resident was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the January shooting death of a 30-year-old man at a vacant building that was being used for a homeless encampment, police said today.
Armando Train, 25, was arrested around 10:45 a.m. in the area of 10th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard on suspicion of murder after detectives found evidence linking him to last month’s shooting death of Eduardo Alonso, police said.
During the arrest, police said they found Train to be in possession of a weapon and drugs. He was booked on suspicion of one count of murder, one count of carrying a concealed weapon, one count for being in possession of drugs and for violating parole, the LBPD said.
Train is being held at Long Beach City Jail on $2 million bail, police said.
Prosecutors haven’t yet filed charges against Train, but, “Detectives anticipate presenting the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office later this week for filing consideration,” police said in a statement.
On the day of Alonso’s death, police responded around 2:05 p.m. to the 1400 block of Long Beach Boulevard, after learning that a shooting had occurred. When officers arrived, they found Alonso in the vacant building suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body and “began performing life-saving measures” until paramedics arrived, LBPD said. Paramedics pronounced Alonso dead at the scene.
Police said they are still trying to determine an exact motive, with detectives believing the shooting may be gang-related, which they define as any crime “committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang.”
Police say it is unclear if Alonso was living in the vacant building, but police said at the time of his death that he was “experiencing homelessness,” and the vacant building “appeared to have been converted into an encampment by persons experiencing homelessness.”
Police urged anyone with information regarding this incident to call detectives at 562-570-7244.
Man shot to death at vacant building being used for makeshift housing, police say