Officers were called after receiving reports that a woman was screaming for help from an apartment unit on Lincoln Boulevard. After finding the woman dead, they arrested Lamont Horton, 47, who was seen fleeing from the area as officers arrived.
Lamont Horton.The scene unfolded at around 10:45 a.m. at an apartment complex located in he 1400 block of Lincoln Boulevard, when officers were dispatched to the scene following reports of a woman screaming for help from inside one of the units.
Upon arrival, witnesses told officers that a man had just left the unit and provided them with his description. Officers entered the apartment and found the woman dead. Another officer pulling up to the scene spotted a person matching the description and followed him to the Jack in the Box located on Santa Monica Boulevard, where he was arrested without further incident.
He was identified as 47-year-old Lamont E. Horton and booked on a charge of murder at Santa Monica Police Department Jail.
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