TRANSIENT HOMICIDE ARRESTS -update - 11/20/12 0900 S.S.
3 MEN, AND 2 WOMEN, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH LAST FRIDAY’S VIOLENT DEATH OF A MAN IN A SANTA CRUZ. THE 5 TRANSIENTS ARRESTED ALLEGEDLY THREW STONES AT A 6TH TRANSIENT, BEFORE BEATING HIM WITH A SKATEBOARD. THE FATAL BEATING OF 51 YEAR-OLD CHARLES COOPER REPORTEDLY TOOK PLACE AT A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THE 6 ALLEGEDLY SHARED NEAR DEPOT PARK. AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE COOPER, AND ONE OF THE OTHERS, IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN WHAT LED TO THE KILLING.
