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The Los Angeles Police Department has made an arrest in the case of a 50-year-old actor who was stabbed to death in North Hollywood in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.
The suspect is being held on more than $2 million bail at a jail near downtown Los Angeles, booking records show.
Monterrosa is suspected to have stabbed Mosca, an actor with credits includingThe People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime StoryandDr. Ken, in North Hollywood shortly after New Year’s Eve,ABC7reports.
Friends remember Mosca as a caring friend and driven actor.
“He was not one of these people that sat around waiting for the phone call, like he was out there every day, every other day, trying to make things happen,” one of Mosca’s friends, Brian DiLoreto, toldABC7.
A GoFundMe established to collect reward money to help catch Mosca’s killer read, “All who have met or worked with Rob knew him as a beautiful person. He was a good friend… if you ever needed him, he was there for you.”
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“Rob fought with him, and when he got away, Rob ran to his friends and said, ‘I think I’ve been stabbed,’ " the GoFundMe page reads. “Rob then ran up his driveway and collapsed. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.”
Monterrosa is set to be arraigned on the morning of Feb. 16 in Van Nuys.
Mosca’s death came just weeks before another stabbing death occurred in Los Angeles. Brianna Kupfer, of Pacific Palisades,was attacked on Jan. 13while working at a furniture store on La Brea Avenue in Mid City.
After a search and an offer of over $250K in reward money for help in apprehending the assailant, Shawn Laval Smith, 31, wasarrested in Pasadenaand latercharged with one count of murderand “a special allegation that he used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Jan. 21.
source: people.com
