Pasadena Police to Hold Press Conference on Arrests Made in Connection with Shooting Deaths in Rancho Palos Verdes and Pasadena

Authorities on Wednesday are expected to confirm that arrests have been made in connection with the separate shooting deaths of victims who were in parked cars when they were killed in Rancho Palos Verdes and Pasadena. The number of suspects in custody and their identities were not immediately disclosed. The Pasadena Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit is expected to provide more details at an afternoon news conference.

The first incident was initially reported as a single-vehicle crash shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Angeles Crest Highway, according to the Pasadena Police Department. California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene and found a damaged sedan that had been occupied by two adults. The driver, later identified as 32-year-old Jessie Munoz, was unresponsive. While attempting life-saving measures, the officers realized that Munoz had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel.

Two days later, on Monday morning, a man and woman were found shot to death inside a bullet-riddled car that was parked at an ocean overlook in Rancho Palos Verdes. Deputies were dispatched to the 7000 block of Palos Verdes Drive shortly before 7 a.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Upon their arrival they found Jorge Ramos and TaylorRaven Whittaker inside a blue Subaru sedan.

Anyone with information about the shootings is urged to contact Pasadena police at (626) 744-4241 or the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.