Man is charged in fatal carjacking and robbery incidents in Los Angeles
A man was charged today with shooting two people and carjacking a third in Los Angeles after the first two shootings, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Natalie H. Williams, 22, is charged with one count each of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal May 31 shooting of 21-year-old Justin Martinez, one count each of first-degree robbery and carjacking in connection with the Sept. 19 carjacking of 28-year-old Ricardo DelaRosa and one count of first-degree grand theft of a vehicle in connection with the Sept. 23 robbery of a Toyota Avalon in the 1400 block of S. Pico Boulevard, according to the district attorney’s office.
Natalie H. Williams, 22, is charged with one count each of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal May 31 shooting of 21-year-old Justin Martinez, one count each of first-degree robbery and carjacking in connection with the Sept. 19 carjacking of 28-year-old Ricardo DelaRosa and one count of first-degree grand theft of a vehicle in connection with the Sept. 23 robbery of a Toyota Avalon in the 1400 block of S. Pico Boulevard, according to the district attorney’s office. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Williams is also charged with one count each of false imprisonment, four counts of second-degree murder, one count each of attempted murder and attempted robbery and one count of carjacking in connection with the killing of 22-year-old James Anderson in January 2014. He is being held in the Los Angeles County jail on $1 million bail.
The other two victims were 23 and 27-year-olds, one with an address in Lancaster and the other in Lancaster-by-the-Sea, according to the district attorney’s office.
The first shooting, on May 31, was an ambush-style shooting that involved the suspects in the Toyota Avalon, in which they first attacked Martinez and then went to the passenger side of a black sedan occupied by Anderson and another man, according to the district attorney’s office.
Martinez died at the scene. Anderson was transported to a hospital but died of his injuries.
The second shooting