NEWBURY PARK, Calif. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of killing a juvenile with an ax.
According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, on the night of Dec. 5, deputies responded to Jeanee Court, where they learned a 15-year-old male sustained severe trauma from an assault. The victim was transported to a local hospital and pronounced deceased. Deputies determined the juvenile died of homicidal violence, prompting an investigation.
Per the Ventura County Star, Capt. Ken Truitt said investigators believe Zuberi Sharp allegedly killed the 15-year-old with an ax, and he was possibly a relative of the victim.
Authorities arrested an unclothed Sharp on the football field at Newbury Park High School. Some school athletes were practicing when Sharp went onto the campus. Sharp was booked on a charge of murder and remains held without bail. He is set to be arraigned on Dec. 9.
According to the Ventura County Star, the school was briefly placed on lockdown. The sheriff’s office did not specify where the killing took place.
The suspect’s father is reportedly 45-year-old Calvin Sharp, a man who was convicted of fatally stabbing 6-year-old Sev’n Molina with a meat cleaver in August 2007. He received a life sentence without the possibility of parole and is held at the California State Prison in Sacramento.