Suspect accused of killing California woman with electric scooter identified
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The suspect accused of murdering a woman with an electric scooter in California on Monday has been identified by police.
Amad Rashad Redding, 27, was arrested and charged with murder in the death of 63-year-old Rosa Elena Hernandez, Long Beach Police Department said.
Amad Rashad Redding, right, was charged with the murder of Rosa Elena Hernandez, left. (Facebook/Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal)
Redding allegedly assaulted Hernandez in Long Beach. Investigators responded to reports of "an assault with a deadly weapon," and found Hernandez at the scene "with significant injuries to her upper torso."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 27-year-old "physically assaulted the victim and then proceeded to utilize a motorized scooter as a weapon during the assault," police said.
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"I never heard of anything like this either," a neighbor told KTTV earlier this week. "We've been living here for years, since '93, and this is the first time something like this has happened."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Redding was taken into custody roughly four hours after the attack without incident, according to officials. As of Monday, he was being held on $2 million bail.