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A Duarte man who allegedly gunned down a neighbor after an argument at a party was charged Tuesday with murder and other counts.
Luis Santillan Valdes, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 13 in an Alhambra courtroom in connection with Gabriel Alejandro De La Torre’s killing.
The 35-year-old victim was shot to death last Friday evening in the 2100 block of Broach Avenue.
Witnesses told Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies that the two lived on the same lot in two separate residences and began to argue at a party. The suspect allegedly returned with a handgun and fired multiple rounds at De La Torre before fleeing.
Sheriff’s deputies spotted a white Toyota truck that matched the description given by witnesses as the getaway vehicle, and arrested Valdes after a brief pursuit that ended at the Azusa off-ramp of the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway.
Valdes is charged with one count each of murder, attempted murder and fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving, along with five counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
–City News Service
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