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Police have arrested a man suspected of slaying four people, including three homeless men, who was already in custody when they linked him to the killings in California.

A felon arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting three homeless men in Los Angeles, along with the follow-home robbery and slaying of an LA County employee in San Dimas, is due in a downtown LA courtroom Monday.

A man suspected of slaughtering three homeless people on the streets of Los Angeles was finally identified – after police discovered he was already in custody for a fourth murder. Andrea Cavallier reports

Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, was charged with four counts of murder after prosecutors say he gunned down three homeless men and a robbery victim in a four-day span last week.

A handgun was recovered from the car of Jerrid Joseph Powell, the suspect, authorities said at a Saturday news conference.

Police Chief Michel Moore announced that a suspect has been arrested in the murders of three homeless men in Los Angeles this week.

A Los Angeles man who was already arrested in another shooting investigation has been identified as the suspect in three recent killings of homeless men

A Los Angeles man who was already in custody in connection with another shooting investigation has been identified as the suspect in three recent killings of homeless men. Police said Saturday that the man was identified as the suspect in the homeless killings after authorities determined a firearm found in the vehicle was linked to the shootings. Authorities say 33-year-old Jerrid Joseph Powell was arrested this week by Los Angeles sheriff's deputies for investigation of the shooting death...

Jerrid Joseph Powell was arrested for killing three homeless people as they slept on the streets of Los Angeles and for a burglary-turned-murder.

Police arrested Jerrid Joseph Powell in connection with the string of murders of three homeless individuals, as well as the murder of Nicholas Simbolon in San Dimas.