Campus Police help capture murder suspect

A 19-year-old murder suspect was arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Tuesday at a Motel6 in an action that snarled morning traffic around the busy intersections of 7 th Street, Pacific Coast Highway and Bellflower Boulevard.

According to a sheriff's spokesman, the murder occurred at 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of East 68 th St. in Los Angeles. The suspect, Victor Ayala is a resident of the neighborhood where the murder occurred.

Traffic on Seventh Street bridge
Photo by: Stefan Agregado | Daily 49er

Sheriff's Homicide investigators took Ayala into custody after local authorities discovered his car parked in a Motel 6 parking lot on 7 th Street in Long Beach.

Cal State Long Beach Police called in the Long Beach Police Department to help contain the area until the Sheriff's Deputies arrived, said LBPD spokeswoman Lisa Massacani, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram

Ayala eventually surrenedered and was taken into custody without any struggle.