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It’s a tragedy.”Ĭab driver who was kidnapped by O.C. That’s why it’s so shocking and sad,” he said of the killing. “He was very patient and showed no signs of aggression.
Gonzalez said he was impressed with how the father handled the situation.
I called the cops, so I’m just waiting for them. “It’s just my son acting crazy again,” the father told him. The son worked with computers, the father told Gonzalez.Īt the time, the elder Issa told Gonzalez that he was trying to get his son to leave the house, but his son refused to do so.Ībout three months ago, Gonzalez said he saw the elder man standing outside his home. “My son had a great life, and then he did drugs and it all went away.” “Drugs can mess up your life,” Gonzalez recalled the suspect telling him. He said he had spoken with the man several times before and considered him a “great guy.”Ī few months ago, Gonzalez said the elder Issa told him about his son’s troubles. The elder Issa didn’t seem distraught, Gonzalez said. He said the man gestured up and down with his hand to reassure his neighbor and said, “Everything is fine now.” “Were those bullets?” Gonzalez said he asked the man. He said he ran outside to find out what had happened and saw the elder Issa, whom he called “Joe,” standing in front of his house, holding his cellphone to his ear. said he was visiting his parents next door Tuesday morning when he heard what seemed to be two gunshots. The sergeant said he was not aware of any disputes related to the victim’s sexual orientation.įrancisco Gonzalez Jr. The detectives told Bruce that the son had damaged the house and his parents had to hire contractors to fix it. “Our detectives were involved in the eviction process to try to get him removed from the property,” he said. The man’s son had been using the back of the house as an apartment, but his parents were seeking to sell the house and evict their son, Bruce said. Police had been in previous contact with the family about “a dispute,” Bruce said. The nature of her wounds were not immediately clear, but it was obvious there was “some sort of foul play,” he said. Because of the condition of the bloodied body, it appeared she had been dead “for a while,” Bruce said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Īuthorities entered the home and also discovered the victim’s mother, identified by the coroner as Rabihah Issa, 68, on the bathroom floor. The victim was shot once in the abdomen and once in the face, Bruce said.