20-year-old Christopher Moreno |
UPLAND, Calif. (KTLA) -- A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of beating his grandmother to death and setting her house on fire.
Police responded to a 911 call about a stabbing at a house in the 400 block of Alpine Street around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
They found a woman, identified by the San Bernardino coroner's office as 60-year-old Linda Moreno, of Pahrump, Nevada, unresponsive on the front porch.
According to initial reports, she was found with stab wounds and slight burns from the fire. However, authorities later said she was severely beaten.
Paramedics rushed her to the San Antonio Community Hospital, where she later died.
Witnesses told police that they saw multiple people running away from the house.
Police arrested 20-year-old Christoper Moreno in Pomona on suspicion of murder and arson. He was booked without bail at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
Police have not said if they are looking for additional suspects.
Neighbors told KTLA that Moreno was the victim's grandson.
They also said they were not surprised by the incident.
"I'm expecting it because they way the situation is here mostly," neighbor Lillian Ramos said. "It's like always just yelling and screaming,"
"This house is no stranger to anyone," another neighbor, Minister Mark Ronson, Sr., told KTLA.
"There's a lot of activity there. The kids have been taken away. The police department had to respond to this house all throughout the year. It's just been going on and on and on."
Moreno has been cited seven times by Upland police officers on misdemeanor charges, including a minor in possession of alcohol, obstructing a police officer, theft of personal property, providing false identification to a police officer, trespassing, vandalism and being under the influence of a controlled substance, according to court records.
Police responded to a 911 call about a stabbing at a house in the 400 block of Alpine Street around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
They found a woman, identified by the San Bernardino coroner's office as 60-year-old Linda Moreno, of Pahrump, Nevada, unresponsive on the front porch.
According to initial reports, she was found with stab wounds and slight burns from the fire. However, authorities later said she was severely beaten.
Paramedics rushed her to the San Antonio Community Hospital, where she later died.
Witnesses told police that they saw multiple people running away from the house.
Police arrested 20-year-old Christoper Moreno in Pomona on suspicion of murder and arson. He was booked without bail at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
Police have not said if they are looking for additional suspects.
Neighbors told KTLA that Moreno was the victim's grandson.
They also said they were not surprised by the incident.
"I'm expecting it because they way the situation is here mostly," neighbor Lillian Ramos said. "It's like always just yelling and screaming,"
"This house is no stranger to anyone," another neighbor, Minister Mark Ronson, Sr., told KTLA.
"There's a lot of activity there. The kids have been taken away. The police department had to respond to this house all throughout the year. It's just been going on and on and on."
Moreno has been cited seven times by Upland police officers on misdemeanor charges, including a minor in possession of alcohol, obstructing a police officer, theft of personal property, providing false identification to a police officer, trespassing, vandalism and being under the influence of a controlled substance, according to court records.
