NY Post
August 1, 2015
Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday filed capital murder charges against a man accused of using a shotgun to ambush a woman with whom he had a business dispute, shooting her in the head as she walked to dinner near Hollywood’s tourist hub.
Ezeoma Chigozie Obioha, 31, was arraigned on one count of murder with the special circumstances of lying in wait and murder for financial gain, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Obioha pleaded not guilty to the charges, KCBS-TV reported. He was ordered held without bail, the station said.
Prosecutors say Obioha was waiting for Carrie Melvin, 30, on the evening of July 5, and ambushed her near a busy intersection near her home as she walked to dinner with her boyfriend.
Melvin suffered one fatal shot to the head from a shotgun, police said. The gunman then fled in a dark sedan.