‘Stone-cold serial killer’ to be charged in LA-area slayings


              This booking photo released by the Santa Ana Police Department shows suspect Malik Patt, 20, of Los Angeles, on Friday, July 15, 2022. Authorities said Saturday, July 16 that Patt and Jason Payne were arrested Friday in connection with a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven stores. (Santa Ana Police Department via AP)
            
              Ivan Gachupin and Gabi Martinez visit a memorial for Matt Hirsch in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store on W. Lambert Rd. in Brea, Calif on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Hirsch was shot and killed during a robbery on July 11th, part of a string of robberies in Orange County and Riverside. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              Flowers, candles and cards have been left at the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store on W. Lambert Rd. in Brea, Calif. on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Store clerk Matt Hirsch was shot and killed during a robbery on July 11th, part of a string of robberies in Orange County and Riverside. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              This booking photo released by the Santa Ana Police Department shows suspect Jason Payne, 44, of Los Angeles, on Friday, July 15, 2022. Authorities said Saturday, July 16 that Payne and Malik Patt were arrested Friday in connection with a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven stores. (Santa Ana Police Department via AP)
            
              This booking photo released by the Santa Ana Police Department shows suspect Malik Patt, 20, of Los Angeles, on Friday, July 15, 2022. Authorities said Saturday, July 16 that Patt and Jason Payne were arrested Friday in connection with a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven stores. (Santa Ana Police Department via AP)
            
              FILE - This image from video released by the Brea Police Department shows a person that police are attempting to identify in connection with two people who were killed and three who were wounded in shootings at four 7-Eleven locations in Southern California, Monday, July 11, 2022. Authorities said Friday, July 15, 2022, that a suspect has been arrested in a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven convenience stores. (Brea Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Authorities remove a body from a 7-Eleven after a clerk was fatally shot, Monday, July 11, 2022, during a robbery in Brea, Calif. Authorities said Friday, July 15, 2022, that a suspect has been arrested in a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven convenience stores. (Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Flowers, candles and cards have been left at the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store on W. Lambert Road in Brea, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2022. Authorities said Friday, July 15, 2022, that a suspect has been arrested in a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven convenience stores. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
            
              In this photo released by the Ontario Police Department is a person police are seeking in connection with a robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Ontario, Calif., on Monday, July 11, 2022. (Ontario Police Department via AP)
            
              This undated photo provided by the Santa Ana Police Department shows Matthew Rule, 24, of Santa Ana, Calif., who was fatally shot on July 11, 2022 during a robbery in a 7-Eleven parking lot in the city of Santa Ana. Police across Southern California were seeking a lone gunman Tuesday, July 12, 2022, who is wanted in connection with at least three — but possibly as many as six — robberies at 7-Eleven stories where two people were killed and three were wounded.  (Santa Ana Police Department via AP)
‘Stone-cold serial killer’ to be charged in LA-area slayings