SANTA MONICA : 5 to Be Charged in Attack on ABC Reporter at Home
Five homeless men arrested while trying to sell the car of bludgeoned ABC newsman Gary Shepard will be charged with attempted murder, police said Thursday.
Police believe the transients operated a residential robbery and burglary ring that targeted homes in upscale Westside areas, said Sgt. Gary Gallinot.
Tore Lerveck, 19, of Norway; John Girou, 18, of Oklahoma; Charles Hicks, 25, of Mississippi; and Larry Morris, 30, and Andrew Winder, 22, both of New Jersey, were arrested Wednesday near the Santa Monica Pier.
Shepard, 53, an ABC News correspondent based in Los Angeles since 1984, was found severely beaten in his Malibu mountain home on Tuesday. Doctors at Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center said he was in good condition Thursday.
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