Murder Charges Announced for 7-Eleven Shooting Suspect

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer (C) and other law enforcement officials speak about a plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with a deadly robbery spree at a half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop at a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., on July 18, 2022. Screenshot via Facebook/Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern California as part of a deadly crime spree at a half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop.

Law enforcement accused Malik Patt, 20, of Los Angeles, of the July 11 deaths of a 7-Eleven clerk in Brea and a man who intervened in a robbery in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Santa Ana. Police have also linked him to the fatal shooting of a homeless man in Los Angeles on July 9.