Adam Dimmerman, 47, was already in custody when the police accused him of murder.
This assault victim, who suffered minor injuries, and other residents in the area pointed the police to Dimmerman, who was arrested without incident, the police said. An ax and a knife were found at the scene.
An hour later, patrol officers answered another call in Encino after the fire department located an elderly man with several cuts and bruises inside his home.
The man, whose name the police did not mention in his press release, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Friday, police said Dimmerman was charged with murder in the death of an elderly man. He was also charged in the first assault. The police did not provide a reason.
It was not immediately clear whether Dimmerman had a lawyer.
“I thought he fell. I had no idea. I was told he fell in the garage and my cousin came home and found him,” Shakib told KABC. “I just thought he slipped and fell because he was an older man. I had no idea there was a guy with a machete running around killing people.”
Mahboubian and his wife lived in Alonzo Place, a street in Encino, for 30 years, Shakib said. He was an immigrant from Iran, who moved to the United States “decades and decades ago,” he said.
“My wife is horrified to learn that he was murdered by a psychopath who wielded an ax,” said Shakib. “He must have gone crazy.”
Dimmerman was charged with murder and is currently on $ 2 million bond.