A 42-year-old man was arrested in reference to a violent rampage in Ventura County on Thursday that left two folks lifeless and two others injured, authorities mentioned.
Alvin Otis Johnson of Camarillo was arrested on suspicion of homicide and different expenses after he attacked a number of folks with a knife and pistol, in keeping with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Division. The suspect apparently knew his victims.
The primary assault occurred shortly after 1 p.m. close to Oxnard when Johnson stabbed a 33-year-old man in a automobile they have been driving in with a 43-year-old girl, mentioned Sheriff’s Capt. Dean Worthy.
The person and girl have been capable of get out of the car and Johnson drove away, in keeping with authorities. The unidentified man was taken to a hospital, the place he died, Worthy mentioned.
Roughly quarter-hour after the stabbing, the Sheriff’s Division obtained a 911 name from a Camarillo residence. Whereas deputies have been en route, a 47-year-old man arrived on the Camarillo police station and mentioned he had been pistol whipped by a person on the similar location, Worthy mentioned.
On the dwelling, deputies discovered a man, later recognized as Johnson, armed with a handgun, whom they took into custody.
Video footage from OnSceneTV exhibits a gaggle of deputies talking to the handcuffed suspect as he sits on the sidewalk.
Inside the house, deputies discovered a 75-year-old girl with important accidents, Worthy mentioned. She was rushed to a hospital, however later died, he mentioned.
A 78-year-old man, recognized as the lady’s husband, was additionally within the dwelling together with a 51-year-old man who was additionally believed to have been pistol whipped, authorities mentioned.
“This investigation is fluid. … It’s ongoing,” Worthy mentioned Thursday night throughout a information convention outdoors the residence.
He added that the suspect and the victims had a unfastened affiliation, however a motive for the assaults was not revealed.
