Post by Scumhunter on Mar 8, 2020 5:20:15 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: lapdonline.org)
Fugitive Profile as of March 8th, 2020: (Based on LAPD Most Wanted website profile)
Wanted For: Attempt 187 PC Murder
Gang: Canoga Park Alabama
Suspect: Araujo, Fernando
Sex: Male
Descent: Hispanic
Height: 5'2
Weight: 125 lbs
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
Date of Birth: Sep 3, 1987
Age (at time of alleged crime): 19*
Who to call if you've seen him: Det. D. Prosser 818-374-7870 (Our advice is to double check information is not outdated and/or consider LA Crime Stoppers as well)
From the LAPD Most Wanted website:
Suspect Araujo, a passenger in a vehicle approached victims and shot at them from inside the vehicle while the victims were on the sidewalk.
www.lapdonline.org/all_most_wanted/most_wanted_view/37730
Thoughts? As of this posting date (March 8th, 2020), Araujo is still listed on the LAPD most wanted website, which granted is not the most updated website and has mainly cold case fugitives only, but since it still a functioning website enough for me to reasonably assume that he is probably still wanted as of this update. If that status has changed or changes in the future, anyone is more than welcome to let us know.
Also a snippet from a admittedly also old L.A. Times article gives some additional detail on this case:
"With Zevallos behind bars, Bratton on Wednesday replaced him on the most wanted list with Fernando Araujo, a 19-year-old alleged Canoga Park Alabama gang member who is wanted in connection with the Aug. 26, 2006, shooting of a college football player outside a youth center.
Bratton said the motive for the drive-by shooting was believed to be racial because witnesses said they heard racial slurs as shots were fired at the African American victim. Araujo also is implicated in a second drive-by shooting and is a material witness in another shooting, police said."
www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-01-me-gangs1-story.html
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