A Former Cal State Northridge Official Was Gunned Down At L.A. Live. Two Have Been Arrested
Two people now face murder charges in a brazen 2023 killing inside a restaurant in the heart of the downtown L.A. Live complex. Investigators believe Phillip Pasco Clark, 33, was the man who stormed into Fixins Soul Kitchen at Figueroa Street and Olympic Boulevard last November and gunned down Sidney Barrett Morris, 43, while he ate dinner. Morris was an educator and nephew of a Motown singer. Clark “walked straight up to Mr. Morris and shot him in the back of the head,” Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón said during a Thursday morning news conference. Clark and 50-year-old Santana Kelly, who police say helped plot the killing, were arrested last week and charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, authorities said. Both pleaded not guilty in a brief court appearance Tuesday, and it was not immediately clear who their attorneys were. Authorities declined Thursday to discuss a motive in the shooting or describe what, if any, relationship Morris had to the defendants. The brash November shooting was the first homicide recorded at L.A. Live, the sprawling downtown arts and entertainment complex that houses nightclubs, concert venues, restaurants and the Crypto.com Arena, where the Lakers, Clippers and Kings play home games. The hub opened to the public in 2007.
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