Edhat Staff
U.S. Army Specialist Marlon Brumfield (Photo: Facebook)
By edhat staff
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has formally charged Francisco Gutierrez Ortega, 24 years old of Santa Maria, of murder in the death of Lompoc resident and active military servicemember Marlon Brumfield.
Brumfield has been stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army and was in Lompoc on leave when he was shot and killed on September 8 near East Ocean Ave. He was 22 years old.
Francisco GutierrezOrtega
Gutierrez Ortega was also charged with committing the murder in association with a criminal street gang as well as the felony murder charge. His bail has been set at $2 million and his arraignment is scheduled for October 17.
On Friday, the Lompoc Police Department announced they had arrested Gutierrez Ortega in connection with murder, while a second suspect, 25-year-old Walter Alexander Morales Jr., remains on the loose.
Walter Alexander Morales Jr.
Walter Alexander Morales Jr. is a 25-year-old Hispanic male, 5’4″ tall and weighs about 140 pounds. His hair is black and eyes are brown and he has multiple tattoos. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Morales Jr. is asked to call the Lompoc Police Department.
A funeral was held on Sunday for Brumfield and a rally took place Friday evening in Lompoc.
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Bring back the death penalty dispatch them right after conviction and there would not be so many killings here in California.
Roger, that goes against the liberal mantra that has taken hold and controlled our legal and judicial system… Kamala Harris would not approve of such a common sense statement as you made…
The problem with the death penalty is innocent people get sent to death row. Heaven knows how many have been killed. With DNA many have been proven innocent and released. Two brothers, accused of rape and murder (I think in New York), were in prison for 30 years, one on death row. Both let go when DNA proved them innocent. I think death is the easy way out. Life in prison w/o the possibility of parole seems the harsher penalty.
He’s in Mexico! You think?
At 3:34 – where does it say he fled to Mexico?
Sorry to disappoint you but I dislike K.H. very much I’m kinda of a red neck who believes in the death penalty, a few other things like guns right to bear arms, and to arm bears. I don’t like violence but I won’t back down if it visits me. My Hippie side is mostly for Mother Earth, rights for all people not intentionally hurting others having compassion not being racist, I love animals some people like everyone else I disagree with somethings, agree with others I’m not a democrat nor a republican.
Hopefully, our idiot Governor, won’t give them an early release….
How about handing those 2 low- life – scums , over to the military, and let the military handle it….
Then we use DNA to nuke them easy solution. Life is prison w/o the possibility of parole isn’t working it’s been going on for years and years they like life in prison too much.
The family isn’t calling for vengeance like some of these comments so I think I should follow their lead. I wish we could figure out how we have a society that is raising these monsters and what we can do to address it. Otherwise we are just doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
AGAIN – where does it say he’s in Mexico?
I wouldn’t bet on it. Remember, our fine governor believes in “moral truths” or whatever he deems that to be – your our beliefs and wishes as a citizen don’t count. Someone said Morales is in Mexico, if he is “he’ll be back.”
I’m all for the death penalty if it works. Unfortunately, it does a piss poor job of discouraging like crimes, costs a fortune, and every now and then kills someone who is innocent.
Other than that, string em’ up!
How about if convicted, they get to be forward patrol to locate enemy devices and ambushes in our current Middle East wars?
The answer to “liking prison too much” would be hard labor or bread & water.
Honestly, is this really about the death penalty, these animals should stand up to public stoning…Send everyone of these type of immigrants back to the hell of a country their parents illegally fled from in the first place, there is no place for this kind!!!