Sheriff’s detectives have arrested five people they say helped a man evade police after the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant last year. The suspects are accused of helping 27-year-old Trenton Trevon Lovell duck a massive police dragnet after authorities say he shot and killed Sgt. Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Lovell wounded Owen, then stood over his bloodied body and fired an additional four shots. After the shooting, investigators say Lovell tried to steal Owen’s patrol cruiser, causing a car crash. In the days after the shooting, Randy Johnson Jr. recalled a time when Owen had arrested him for marijuana possession.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 13, 2017 20:09 UTC