Man Charged in Killings of 3 Homeless People and a Suburban LA Resident

Man Charged in Killings of 3 Homeless People and a Suburban LA Resident
Jerrid Joseph Powell appears at an arraignment at Los Angeles superior court on Dec. 4, 2023. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times, Pool via AP
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LOS ANGELES—Prosecutors charged a man Monday with four counts of murder in the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a suburban resident last month.

Jerrid Joseph Powell was also charged with one count of residential robbery and one count of being a felon with a firearm, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. He also faces special circumstances of committing multiple murders, murder in the course of a robbery, as well as personal use of a firearm allegations, the statement said.