Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The case against the man accused of gunning down his older brother and also shooting at the unoccupied car of another brother in San Dimas was officially filed October 13.
Joseph James Dambra, 62, faces one count of murder and one count of shooting at an unoccupied vehicle. He is being held in lieu of $2.07 million bail, according to a criminal complaint provided to SGV CityWatch. Dambra’s arraignment has been continued to November 18, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Dambra is accused of “willful, deliberate and premeditated murder” in the death of 68-year-old Richard Dambra October 6, according to the criminal complaint. The shooting took place inside a family member’s home in the 200 block of South Valley Center Avenue. Family turmoil is believed to be the genesis behind the violence, according to Lt. Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau in a previous press conference. Other family members were inside the home when the shooting occurred. Richard Dambra is a resident of Florida and was here visiting his mother, Dean said. Within minutes of the first shooting, Dambra wound up in the 500 block of East Allen Avenue and unloaded his handgun a second time, eventually damaging the unoccupied vehicle of his other brother. It is believed Dambra intended to fatally shoot his other brother as well, Dean said. Dambra fled on a 2016 Ducati motorcycle and investigators believed he fled north on the 15 freeway from the 210 freeway. Dambra, 62, surrendered himself in to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies in Victorville October 9. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau was notified and Dambra was eventually arrested by San Dimas Station deputies, according to Sgt. Polanco of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station. |
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