> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Sixth arrest made in Pico shootings - URL: https://www.smdp.com/sixth-arrest-made-in-pico-shootings/ - Published: 2003-05-29T15:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-23T02:13:55.000Z - Author: Carolyn Sackariason - Tags: Crime, Pico, #archive-import *SMPD chief says more suspects being sought* Police have arrested and charged two men with attempted murder in connection with last week’s gang-related shootings in an eastside neighborhood. Marshall Lipps, 21, of Santa Monica, was arrested on Tuesday at the Santa Monica Police Department at 6:05 p.m. after investigators interviewed him regarding a shooting that occurred on May 20. Police chief James T. Butts Jr. said on Tuesday evening that Lipps allegedly was the driver of the car in the May 20 shooting. Police are providing few details about how many people were involved in the shooting or how many were shot at. On Wednesday, SMPD arrested Kevin Lamarr Crosby, 24, of Englewood, for attempted murder and a parole violation relating to last week’s shootings. After Crosby was interviewed by SMPD detectives at the police station, he was arrested at 2:30 p.m. He is being held in the Santa Monica Jail on $500,000 bail. Six people have been arrested as part of the SMPD’s ongoing investigation into four shootings that occurred this month in the Pico neighborhood, a troubled area of Santa Monica that has been riddled with gang violence and drug dealing for decades. None of the recent shootings resulted injuries. Other suspects are being sought by the SMPD in connection with last week’s shootings, some of which are Pico residents and are on active parole, Butts said. Lipps, who doesn’t live in the Pico neighborhood, was booked into the Santa Monica Jail and is being held on $500,000 bail. Police served search warrants at three different apartments late last week in connection with the shootings. Those searches resulted in the arrest of three Santa Monica residents who police allege were involved in one or more of the shootings. They have been identified as Terrence Brown, 23, Richard DeLa Cruz, 30, and Richard Hernandez, 19. Another man, Ashia Boldwar, 20, was arrested on a robbery warrant. Police allege he is connected to one or more of the shootings. Boldwar’s mother, Constance Washington, told the Daily Press on Tuesday that Boldwar had nothing to do with the shootings. Boldwar was released from the Santa Monica Jail on Tuesday. Brown, who was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and outstanding warrants, also was released from the Santa Monica Jail on Tuesday. After Brown’s arrest, SMPD issued a warrant and searched his apartment, where police recovered a firearm and about 100 bullets, authorities said. Charges against the two men are still active, police said. “Charges can be filed at anytime as part of the investigation,” said SMPD Lt. Frank Fabrega. > “Charges can be filed at anytime as part of the investigation.” — — FRANK FABREGA SMPD spokesman DeLa Cruz, who was arrested and charged with probation violation after police found evidence in his apartment that allegedly links him to the shootings, remains in the Santa Monica Jail. His bail is set at $12,500. Hernandez also remains in Santa Monica Jail. He was arrested for a felony parole violation and has no bail. Police say they searched Hernandez’s apartment where they found evidence allegedly linking him to the shootings. The neighborhood has been plagued with gang violence and drug dealing for years. Most of the tension is territorial — between the Graveyard Crips and the Santa Monica 17th Street gang — as well as racial. One gang is black, the other Latino. The suspects arrested are black, Latino and white. Three of the six arrested live in the Pico neighborhood. For the past decade, most of the gang activity has been in a relatively small section of the neighborhood — 17th Street and Michigan Avenue. And many of the gang members are youth and young adults who are on parole or probation, police said. The May 20 shooting was the third incident in as many days in the neighborhood. Residents called the SMPD to report shots being fired in the alley on the 1800 block of 17th Street. No one was injured. The day before, at about 4:50 p.m., SMPD responded to a call from residents in the 1900 block of 20th Street, who said they heard shots fired and then saw two black men fleeing the scene in a small vehicle. No other details could be provided by witnesses, police said. On May 18, a group of people were shot at in broad daylight at the corner of 17th Street and Michigan Avenue. SMPD officers responded to the call at 1:55 p.m. from residents who reported that a group of men standing at the intersection were the victims of a drive-by shooting. SMPD officers spoke to several witnesses who said two male Hispanics drove by the group of three or four men and fired several shots. The car, described as an older model Chevy Suburban with alloy rimmed wheels, headed south on 17th Street after the shooting, police said. Another shooting occurred on May 9 in the 1800 block of 17th Street. In that incident, a stray bullet went through two walls and hit a dresser in a bedroom of Maritza Casillas’ home. Casillas lives on 17th Street with her four children. Casillas brought pictures to a recent neighborhood meeting that showed how the bullet traveled through her home. Evidence, including bullet casings, has been recovered from all of the scenes. That evidence will be matched up with what was recovered at the three locations searched by police. More suspects are being sought in connection with the shootings and SMPD is working closely with Los Angeles County probation officials and state probation authorities. *Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 29, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052903.pdf?ref=smdp.com)