A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of homicide after an incident on a Metro bus by which a 63-year-old man died after being hit with pepper spray, authorities introduced.
Trayvon Isiah Willingham was arrested and booked after he was interviewed by Los Angeles police detectives within the 3300 block of Lengthy Seashore Boulevard, according to a news release.
Willingham was allegedly aboard a Metro bus close to the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Western Avenue about 10:50 p.m. Thursday when he grew to become concerned in an altercation with one other rider. Emergency police communications described the sufferer being hit with pepper spray. Officers responded to a name of an assault with a lethal weapon, however by that time, the suspect was already gone.
Willingham was arrested shortly earlier than 9 a.m. Monday, in accordance with jail information, and he’s being held on $2-million bail.
The precise explanation for the sufferer’s demise has not been launched.
