A man arrested in connection with a fatal beating of a Long Beach woman was previously arrested in Acadiana for the alleged burning of his family’s home.
27-year-old Amad Redding was arrested Monday after police say he allegedly used an electric scooter to beat a 63-year-old woman in Long Beach.
Redding has connections to the Acadiana area according to an incident earlier this year.
Courtesy Louisiana State Fire Marshal
Redding was booked in connection with a fire at his family’s home in Opelousas in January. Redding was the only one home at the time of the fire and suffered third-degree burns to his hands, a February release states.
Below is more information from the Associated Press on the California fatal beating incident.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Police on Tuesday identified a 27-year-old man suspected of beating a Southern California woman to death with an electric scooter, while investigators try to determine a motive for the attack.
Amad Rashad Redding was booked for investigation of murder and is being held on $2 million bail, the Long Beach Police Department said.
Homicide detectives believe Redding used the scooter as a weapon to attack Rosa Elena Hernandez, 63, on a neighborhood street Monday afternoon, a department statement said.
Arriving officers found the victim with significant upper torso injuries. Firefighters pronounced her dead at the scene.
Police began looking for a man who ran from the scene clad in a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and red shoes.
Redding, a Long Beach resident, was taken into custody at a business around 5 p.m. It wasn’t known Tuesday if he had an attorney.
Neighbors said Hernandez was friendly and everyone in her neighborhood knew her.
“It’s sad because I feel for her husband,” Veronica Morales told KNBC-TV . “They’ve been together and lived next door for a very long time. He’s not going to have his wife anymore.”
The motive for the attack was still under investigation, police said.
