Crime & Safety
Pleasant Hill Homicide Suspect Arrested After Arizona Pursuit
Police have made two arrests in Saturday's homicide. One suspect was arrested after a 120-mph pursuit on Interstate 40 in Arizona.
PLEASANT HILL, CA — Two men were arrested, including one after a 120-mph chase through Arizona, in connection with a Pleasant Hill homicide on Saturday, police said. Pleasant Hill police contacted the Arizona Department of Public Safety and asked them to be on the lookout for Luther Lee, who they believed was an accessory in the homicide of Oshry Elor, 23, who was found fatally shot at his home on Norse Drive around 11:15 p.m. Saturday.
Police determined that Lee was driving east through Arizona on Interstate Highway 40, and Arizona state troopers conducted a traffic stop.
Lee and two others exited the vehicle and Lee was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Pleasant Hill. Keith Jones, another person who was still inside the vehicle, then allegedly fled in the car, police said.
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Arizona state troopers pursued Jones for about 90 miles at speeds reaching up to 120 mph. They finally apprehended him with a spike strip after he crossed the New Mexico state border, police said.
Police arrested Jones and said they later determined that he killed Elor, who had been shot multiple times.
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Police said the shooting and robbery happened after a planned marijuana deal.
Jones, 29, is being held at McKinley County Adult Detention Center in New Mexico on suspicion of murder. Lee, 24, is being held at the Navajo County Detention Center in Arizona on suspicion of conspiracy to commit
robbery and murder.
Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to contact Pleasant Hill police at 925-288-4600.
By Bay City News Service
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