Shooting suspect who killed woman arrested after hours-long standoff in Pasadena
Police were engaged in a lengthy standoff with a suspect who barricaded inside of a building after fatally shooting a woman in Pasadena early Monday.
According to Pasadena Police Department, the shooting happened at around 10 a.m. near an apartment complex at Del Mar Boulevard and S. Raymond Avenue.
Officers dispatched to the area located the victim outside of the building. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
She has been identified as Jamila Elysse Moss, 34.
After shots were fired, the suspect ran back into the complex, barricading inside one of the units.
"Officers quickly identified an apartment unit within the complex connected to the victim," said a statement from Pasadena police. "They established a containment around the complex and determined the suspect was barricaded inside the apartment unit."
Police called a SWAT team to the scene to assist with the hours-long standoff, which ended at around 7 p.m. when the suspect surrendered.
The exact circumstances leading up to the shooting are not immediately known, but investigators believe it is related to domestic violence
The suspect, who has been identified as 32-year-old Guary Lonnie Shuford III, is on parole for robbery, police said.
