SAN FERNANDO, Calif.—A Panorama City man has been charged with murder and other counts for allegedly fatally shooting a man who had been hired to paint over gang graffiti on the wall of a Northridge business.
Jamal Jackson, 24, is set to be arraigned May 23 in a San Fernando courtroom on one count each of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and four counts of attempted murder, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges include allegations that Jackson personally used a handgun and personally inflicted great bodily injury.
Jackson—who was allegedly seen on video surveillance cameras painting graffiti on the building hours before the shooting—is accused of fatally shooting Juan Lopez-Suarez and injuring several others Saturday outside a building in the 1900 block of Parthenia Street, according to the District Attorney’s Office….