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Strip shooting suspect awaits another Los Angeles hearing

Booking photo for Ammar Harris after his arrest in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2013.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 15, 2013 - 1:06 am
 

A Los Angeles judge formally identified a 26-year-old man as the suspect wanted in a Strip shooting and car crash that killed three people last month.

However, the suspect, Ammar Harris, refused to waive extradition Thursday. His public defender asked authorities to produce a governor’s warrant, and Superior Court Judge Shelly Torrealba scheduled a status hearing for April 12.

Officials have 90 days to secure the warrant.

Harris was arrested in Los Angeles after a weeklong manhunt that began following the Feb. 21 shooting and crash, which also injured five people.

Authorities allege Harris fired from his vehicle into another car driven by a man he had argued with minutes earlier in a casino valet area. A resulting collision caused a taxi to explode.

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