KTLA/through AP
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — 5 males have been arrested within the investigation surrounding six our bodies discovered final week at a distant dust crossroads within the Southern California desert in a dispute over marijuana, sheriff’s officers mentioned Monday.
Authorities found the our bodies within the Mojave Desert exterior El Mirage after somebody known as 911 and mentioned he had been shot, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Warrick mentioned. 5 our bodies had been discovered late Tuesday and a sixth the next morning.
5 suspects had been arrested after deputies served search warrants Sunday, Warrick mentioned at a information convention.
”We’re assured that this seems to be a dispute over marijuana,” he mentioned.
The world, some 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles, is so distant that the sheriff’s division known as in assist from the California Freeway Patrol’s Aviation Division to seek out the scene.
Overhead footage from TV stations final week confirmed a darkish blue SUV with a passenger window blown out and one other door open, with a part of the picture blurred. The footage additionally confirmed quite a few yellow proof markers within the scrubby desert.