There’s A Killer On The Roam

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Somebody is taking the Dead Kennedy's satirical song "Kill The Poor" a little too seriously:

https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/three-unhoused-people-shot-kille...
 

Hope the LAPD can stop this serial killer ASAP.  Finding housing for the unsheltered is an ongoing work in progress, but this is just some psychotic nutter who needs to be stopped.

Glad they caught him before he could wreak any more havoc.  Some people may take issue with the license plate reader technology they used to track him, but in this case, it was effective and beneficial.

wasn't license plate technology, they found his gun after he was arrested for another homicide

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/los-angeles-serial-killer-suspec...

"Chief Moore said that after his first arrest, investigators located a handgun in Powell's car that was used in the three homeless killings, all of which occurred in open areas in the early morning hours. They also believe the victims were shot while they slept."

You sure about that Willows? 
 

From the article in Zooey's link:

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Detectives identified a vehicle of interest from surveillance footage in that case -- a 2024 Gray BMW -- which was entered into a law enforcement database as a "Wanted, Armed and Dangerous" vehicle, authorities said. 

An automatic license plate reader system was used to flag the suspect's whereabouts and he was arrested following a traffic stop in Beverly Hills Wednesday night, police said. He was booked early Thursday for robbery and murder and is being held on $2.1 million bail. 

"Had they not had those access to those tools, this individual I am convinced would still be moving about the city, in the region, and killing individuals, innocent individuals, helpless individuals," Moore said. 

Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook defended the controversial license plate reader technology used to apprehend Powell. Once a license plate is entered into a regional database, as in this instance, cameras located in Beverly Hills picked up the license plate, immediately notifying the jurisdiction’s real time watch center that a car involved in a crime was located within city limits. Officers were then dispatched to the location and arrested Powell.