Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN DIMAS - Homicide detectives learned personal property was taken from the man who was shot and killed in his own garage November 28.
What the property is detectives have not revealed. Detectives are also determining if the victim was followed home, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. First responders were sent to the 1800 block of Hawkbrook Drive in San Dimas around 6:48 p.m. Tuesday, November 28 for a medical rescue call and found the victim, 42-year-old Nicholas Simbolon, suffering a gunshot wound to his upper torso. Simbolon died at the scene. The neighborhood rests in the San Dimas foothills, nestled between San Dimas Canyon Community Regional Park and the San Dimas Golf Course. “Personnel from LASD have been working around the clock on this case. My prayers go out to the victim and those who knew the victim,” said San Dimas Council Member Ryan Vienna. Jonathan Hatami, deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney candidate and outspoken critic of the current DA George Gascòn offered condolences. “An innocent man, husband & father was followed to his home in the quiet community of San Dimas. After he parked his car in the garage, a criminal approached him, shot him, robbed him and then fled. The man later died and was found by his wife. My heart & prayers go out to the family and the community,” Hatami said in a written statement. My heart goes out to the family on this tremendous loss. This is a priority investigation and I have faith in our Sheriff’s Office to properly investigate and bring this suspect to justice,” said San Dimas Mayor Emmett Badar. Anyone with information on this murder is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org. |
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