The sidewalk where Mark Diggs was murdered

Crime Scene Location Los Angeles, California

This is the sidewalk where Mark Diggs was murdered.

It is situated on the northern side of 696 Mateo Street in Los Angeles, California.

Diggs is the second known victim of a suspected serial killer who targeted homeless men in late November 2023.

At roughly 4.45 a.m. on Monday, November 27th, 2023, the 62-year-old pushed his shopping cart to this section of the sidewalk on Mateo Street.

While he was plugging his phone into a charger and preparing to turn in for the night, an unidentified gunman approached him and shot him in the head.

Diggs' murder took place one day after the first known victim, Jose Bolanos, was found dead in an alley in South Los Angeles.

The two locations are 11.6 miles apart.

Crime scene — Diggs had parked his shopping cart shortly before he was murdered.

Following Diggs' murder, a nearby security camera captured a gray BMW driving northbound on Imperial Street, in the direction of 6th Street.

Suspect car — The LAPD released a photograph of the killer's car. Although they did not say where the footage was captured, we were able to geolocate it to this section of Imperial Street, which is just one block east of the location where Diggs was murdered.
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On December 2nd, 2023, the LAPD arrested a man named Jerrid Joseph Powell (33) in connection with the crimes. Powell's gray 2024 BMW was determined to be at all three crime scenes. Furthermore, a gun found in his vehicle proved to be a match with the weapon used in the murders.