Father of California assemblyman killed in home

Source: Associated Press

Father of California assemblyman killed in home
By TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press | November 14, 2013 | Updated: November 14, 2013 8:15pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police investigating the killing of a California assemblyman's father said Thursday there were no indications the shooting was politically motivated.

Joseph Gatto, 78, the father of Assemblyman Mike Gatto, was found by a relative on Wednesday at his ransacked home in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.

"We don't have any information that would suggest it would have anything to do with the occupation of his son, or anything that had to do with the role his son played in politics," said police Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese, who oversees detectives.

More than a dozen detectives from the Robbery-Homicide Division canvassed the neighborhood, searching for clues and witnesses in the ongoing investigation. No arrests had been made and a motive remained unclear. Albanese declined further comment.


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