A 30-year man was stabbed to death in his backyard in Beverly Groove on 29 March. Initially, the police received a trespassing call. Responding to the call, police found the case growing into a gruesome discovery.
On Monday afternoon the police responded to a trespassing call. A 30-years old man was stabbed to death in his backyard. The case took a shocking turn when police found the suspect dead. The reason for the prime suspect's death is said to be self-inflicted wounds.
The horrifying crime occurred in Beverly Grove, at the 6600 block of Maryland Avenue. There is a large police presence in the area after the horrific incident took place.
On the afternoon of 29 March, the police received a call reporting a crime. On responding to the call, the police found a 30-year-old man stabbed to death in the backyard of his own house. After investigating the area, the police tracked down the suspect a few houses away. The suspect had jumped fences and was hiding in a guest house. Initially, the police officers used tear gas and other devices to get the man out of the house. After a few efforts, police later found the suspect to be dead. The suspect died from self-inflicted wounds.
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After investigating the neighbors, police found out about the large homeless encampment nearby, and the citizens of the area we're dealing with issues for the last several months.
Diane Freanco, a neighbor said, "When they went into the unfortunate home of the man murdered- he said get out of here and then he stabbed him."
Another neighbor, Cameron Cooper said, "It is crazy this happened three houses down from me and just all day I've been thinking about how the houses down, that could have been me. Our city is broken. It needs to be healed. We need to focus on helping the people."
Police said that people are terrified of hearing the horrific incident that happened in their neighborhood. The police have found the alleged suspect dead, and don't think anyone else to be involved in the homicide. However, they have not confirmed anything. The police are still investigating and looking into every possibility about what led to the gruesome crime.
The area where the crime occurred is seized by police and will be closed for more hours.