A man suspected of fatally shooting a 43-year-old homeless man in Long Beach was arrested on suspicion of murder, police said Tuesday.
Hector Perez, 32, of Lynwood, was already in custody on unrelated charges. He was rebooked Monday on suspicion of murder and was being held in lieu of $2.5 million bail after detectives obtained an arrest warrant connecting him to the Aug. 18 shooting death of Ali Jabbaar Phannix, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Although the details were limited as to what motivated the shooting, police said detectives determined that Phannix and Perez were acquaintances…