DATE: Saturday, November 5, 2016
TIME: 2:25 P.M.
VICTIM: 51-year-old male adult
44-year-old female adult
SUSPECT: Brandon Patrick, 25-year-old male adult
LOCATION: 18900 Block of Castle Place, Cerritos
UNIT: Cerritos Station – Detective Bureau
NARRATIVE: On Saturday, November 5, 2016, at 2:25 p.m., Cerritos Station deputies responded to the 18900 block of Castle Place, Cerritos, regarding a person with a gun call.
The preliminary investigation revealed a male victim, who is a 51 year old resident of Lakewood, was driving his vehicle west on South Street, east of Studebaker Road. The male victim’s girlfriend (female victim), a 44 year old resident of Lakewood, was a passenger in the car. The suspect, Brandon Patrick, a 25 year old resident of Torrance, was driving behind the victim’s vehicle.
Suspect Patrick believed the victim “cut him off.” Suspect Patrick and the victim became involved in a “road rage” incident wherein obscene hand gestures were exchanged. The victim followed Suspect Patrick to a residential neighborhood on Castle Place, where Suspect Patrick stopped his vehicle. The victim stopped a short distance away. Suspect Patrick approached the victim’s vehicle and pointed a handgun at both the male and female victims. Suspect Patrick then walked to a nearby residence.
Suspect Patrick was arrested at the residence without further incident for assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked at Cerritos station and is being held in lieu $50,000 bail. No shots were fired during this incident and neither victim was injured.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Cerritos Station at (562) 860-0044. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” mobile app for FREE or “P3 Mobile” for the hearing impaired, or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
Written by:
Ed Wells, Lieutenant
Cerritos Sheriff’s Station
18135 S. Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos CA 90703
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