Crime & Safety

Police Ask for Help in Solving Highland Park Murder

Ruben Castaneda was found dead in Highland Park on Tuesday.

Police sought the public's help on Saturday in locating the suspect or suspects responsible for the shooting death of a 52-year-old homeless man whose body was found near the Pasadena (110) Freeway in the Highland Park section of Los Angeles.

Ruben Castaneda stepped out of a makeshift homeless tent off the northbound freeway near the Avenue 60 onramp and had been shot multiple times about 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to a department statement.

Paramedics arriving at the location pronounced him dead at the scene. A motive for the shooting is not known.

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Hollenbeck police detectives asked anyone with information regarding the shooting to call them at (323) 342-8957.

—City News Service

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