A video laden with expletives and racial slurs that was filmed outdoors an Orange County restaurant helped apprehend two individuals suspected within the killing of a Cerritos man, authorities mentioned this week.
The video, which has since been taken down, was initially uploaded to TikTok by a consumer going by “Leti T.” The video has since been posted to different accounts on the platform and exhibits “Leti T” and a companion being known as racial slurs by a person and a girl outdoors a Panera Bread in Cypress.
“I by no means needed to make use of it as content material to start with (that’s definitely not my theme), however let me inform you how completely satisfied I’m that due to that video, justice is being served,” “Leti T” wrote within the caption of one other TikTok video uploaded Thursday.
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman introduced Wednesday that the pair seen in video had been charged with homicide in reference to the loss of life of 66-year-old Cuauhtemoc Garcia, who was killed after he left his automotive to take a stroll alongside the Coyote Creek bike path on Feb. 25.
Prosecutors say the TikTok video helped them crack the case.
“This was a mindless and brutal act of violence that took the lifetime of a husband, father and businessman who merely needed to get pleasure from a peaceable stroll,” Hochman mentioned in an announcement. “My sympathies exit to his household as they grieve this unimaginable loss. We are going to pursue justice to the fullest extent of the legislation to carry these accountable accountable.”
The pair within the video, recognized as siblings John Chong Moon, 54, and Cindy Kim, 58, had been arrested Monday.
Garcia had left his automotive to stroll alongside the Cerritos bike path on Feb. 25 when Moon and Kim allegedly tried to steal his automotive, prosecutors mentioned. When Garcia refused at hand over his keys, prosecutors say, the pair shot him.
Moon and Kim had been charged with homicide and tried second-degree theft, in accordance with authorities. If convicted, they face life in jail.
They had been scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, however that listening to was postponed.
“I’ve been excited about the Garcia household since I heard from the murder detective and may’t think about what they’ve been by way of,” “Leti T” wrote on TikTok. “They didn’t deserve this. He was simply going out for a stroll in the course of the day.”
