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Two women were charged Thursday with capital murder for the shooting death of a liquor store clerk during a robbery in North Hollywood.
Rosa Manuela Barrientos, 23, of Los Angeles, and Maria Michelle Inzunza, 25, of Hollywood, are accused in the killing late Saturday of Mohammed Kalam, 61, of North Hollywood at the Liquor Mart at Sherman Way and Bellaire Avenue.
The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery. Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek the death penalty against the two, who are also charged with second-degree robbery.
The criminal complaint alleges that Barrientos intentionally discharged a handgun during the crime and that she has a 2015 conviction for second-degree robbery.
The two women were arrested Tuesday in Hollywood and were scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon at the Van Nuys courthouse.
Customers and neighboring business operators said Kalam, a native of Bangladesh, had worked the late shift at the liquor store for many years.
–City News Service
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