LA man charged with capital murder in LA Skid Row burning death
LA man charged with capital murder in LA Skid Row burning death
by City News Service
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man accused of intentionally setting a tent ablaze on skid row, killing a homeless man, was charged Wednesday with capital murder.
Jonathan Early, 38, scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom in connection with the death of Dwayne Fields, 62.
The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of murder involving the infliction of torture, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek the death penalty against Early.
Early allegedly set the tent ablaze near Sixth and San Pedro streets on Monday night and was taken into custody a short time later. Fields died the following morning as a result of his injuries.
Police have not disclosed a motive for the attack, which remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division and the Los Angeles City Fire Department’s Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section.
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