Man arrested in 1987 murder case
Man arrested in 1987 murder case"
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HUNTINGTON BEACH — Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of killing his neighbor in Huntington Beach four years ago in a car sale gone awry. Detectives originally believed that
Robert Flores Tapia had fled to Mexico after he allegedly shot Ramiro Bahena, then 21, in 1987, Police Lt. Ed McErlain said. However, an informant recently told them that Tapia was living in
Los Angeles. Tapia and Bahena had been arguing in an alley behind Commodore Circle (now named Amberleaf Circle) about “money due to the victim and repairs needed” on a car Tapia had sold to
Bahena, McErlain said. “The suspect then shot and killed the victim with a small automatic handgun,” McErlain said. Friday, Huntington Beach officers, along with Los Angeles police, served
a murder warrant for Tapia at his home in the 1700 block of E. 115th Street in Los Angeles, McErlain said. MORE TO READ