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A second suspect was arrested this week in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in Long Beach three weeks ago, police reported Friday.
Nick Cubas of Downey was found dead about 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 4 in the area of Willow Street and the San Gabriel River, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
The following day, Rueben Alexander Ortega, 19, of Lakewood was arrested on suspicion of murder.
On Thursday, Edgar Miguel Espinoza, 18, of Downey was arrested in San Diego and booked on suspicion of murder, police said. He’s being held without bail at the Long Beach jail
Ortega is being held without bail at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic and is next due in court in Long Beach on Oct. 17, according to sheriff’s online inmate records.
No details have been released about the circumstances of the shooting or how Ortega and Espinoza were linked to the killing.
–City News Service
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