Slain Soccer Goalie Buried at Chatsworth's Oakwood Cemetery

High school soccer goalie Francisco "Pancho" Rodriguez, who was shot to death on his Winnetka front lawn, was celebrated at a memorial service and buried at Chatsworth's cemetery Friday.

Friends and family attended the service at Our Lady of the Valley in Canoga Park.

Friday's El Camino Real High soccer game against Chatsworth High was postponed. Rodriguez wore El Camino jersey No. 26.

Rodriguez, 17, was slain Jan. 11, after he was lured out of his home by a woman with red hair.

Jason Schumann, 24, was charged Wednesday with murder in connection with the shooting. A second suspect in the killing, 19-year-old Elizabeth Ibarra, was not charged, but remained jailed on an alleged probation violation. Both are from Calabasas.

Rodriguez had returned home from a soccer game during which El Camino Real played Taft High School to a scoreless tie. Police said a red-haired woman or girl knocked on the family's door around 6 p.m. and asked for the teen by name. When he went outside, he was shot and fatally wounded.

While announcing the arrests Tuesday, Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Jorge Villegas declined to give a purported motive for the killing, saying only, "We believe it was personally motivated." He said the shooting was not believed to be gang-related.

However, published reports indicated that Rodriguez may have been in a love triangle, becoming involved with a woman with a jealous male friend.

Donations to help with funeral costs can be made to the "Francisco Rodriguez Memorial Account" by sending checks to the Real So Cal soccer club at:
Real So Cal
P.O. Box 8842
Calabasas, CA 91302

—City News Service contributed to this report.