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Police Link Life-Term Inmate to 3 Long Beach Cold-Case Shootings After Prison Confession

Detectives say a 2023 prison confession led to corroborating evidence now under review by the L.A. County district attorney.

Overview

  • Cox, 39, was booked on Oct. 17 on three counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
  • Investigators say he detailed three Long Beach incidents from 2004 and 2007, after which they reported finding corroborating evidence.
  • The linked cases include a Dec. 20, 2004 shooting that killed Carlos Serrano, 22, and Jermy Kershaw, 23, and wounded two others on East Pleasant Street.
  • Authorities also tie him to a Feb. 16, 2007 killing of 31-year-old Dino Marks on Cherry Avenue and an Aug. 26, 2007 shooting that injured a cyclist on East Pacific Coast Highway.
  • Police describe the incidents as likely gang-related, and the cases have been submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration.