VALLEY VILLAGE (CNS) – A 27-year-old man suspected of entering another man’s apartment in Valley Village through a skylight in an adjacent vacant unit and killing him last month during an altercation was arrested after he was located in a hospital, the Los Angeles Police Department said Friday.
Van Nuys Division patrol officers responded to the 12600 block of Riverside Drive, between Whitsett and Coldwater Canyon avenues, on April 26 at around 2:30 p.m. regarding a welfare check, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The department stated that officers discovered the victim — 53-year- old Menashe Hidra, known to others as Manny — inside his apartment, suffering from unknown injuries.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the location to render life-saving measures to Hidra, but despite their efforts, pronounced him dead at the scene.
“Further investigation revealed that the suspect accessed the victim’s residence by entering through a skylight in an adjacent vacant apartment and traversing the balconies,” the LAPD said in a statement.
Operations-Valley Bureau homicide detectives assumed the investigation and identified Erick Escamilla as the person of interest.
FBI task force investigators, along with Valley Bureau homicide detectives, located Escamilla Thursday at a hospital where he is receiving medical treatment, police said.
Escamilla was described as a 5-foot-6-inch-tall Hispanic man weighing 170 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information regarding the killing was urged to call Valley Bureau homicide detectives at 818-374-9550. Calls during non-business hours should be made to 877-527-3247. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
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