Suspect Wanted For Murdering Teen Outside Boys And Girls Club Now Behind Bars
SAN BERNARDINO – San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officers have arrested the suspect sought in the Dec. 3 shooting of 16-year-old Angel Luna outside the Boys & Girls Club in Coachella, authorities said today.
Angel Esparza, 26, was booked into the San Bernardino County Jail on a Riverside County murder warrant and on an outstanding warrant for parole violation.
Around 8 p.m. Thursday, deputies got a call saying the suspect was at a house on the 8000 block of Sunnyside Ave. in San Bernardino, officers said.
Deputies went to the house and arrested the suspect without incident. Deputies also arrested Esparza’s 18-year-old girlfriend, Evie Mora, a Coachella resident.
Child Protective Services took their six-week-old baby into protective custody and placed it in foster care.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Central Homicide Unit is continuing the investigation.
The killing took place on Dec. 3 at about 2:30 p.m. near the Boys & Girls Club on the 1400 block of Ninth Street near Orchard Avenue in Coachella, according to Detective Dean Spivacke of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
According to police officials, Luna and Esparza got in an argument. Then, Esparza allegedly shot Luna to death.
