A 24-year-old Pomona man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges of breaking into a home last week in Newport Coast, where a resident shot him and a second suspect apparently took his own life.
The two suspects, wearing dark clothes and face masks, entered the house on Vista Luci early Tuesday morning in what investigators believe was a targeted attack, police said. The pair brought zip ties and rope, authorities said, and attempted to take a victim’s cellphone to prevent them from calling the police.
A resident shot at them, Newport Beach police Sgt. Steve Oberon said.
One suspect, Andrew Miguel Rosas, was armed with a handgun and charged with burglary, robbery, carrying a loaded gun in public and conspiracy to commit a crime, all felonies, according to the criminal complaint.
Rosas, “acting in concert with two and more persons,” took property from “Jane Doe,” the complaint said.
The second suspect was found dead in bushes outside the home from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Oberon said. The name of that suspect has not been released as authorities were working to notify his family.
Five people were inside the house, in a guard gated community at the time of the home invasion — a man, two women and a child, according to police.
“We know that there is a relationship between the two suspects and the victims, the residents,” Oberon said at the scene.
So far, law enforcement officials have not elaborated on the connection.
Rosas is being held without bail.
An arraignment in Rosas’ hospital room was initially attempted Thursday but rescheduled for Friday in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. Rosas was not taken to court and the hearing was rescheduled for Monday.
Rosas “has prior convictions as an adult and sustained petitions in juvenile delinquency proceedings of numerous and of increasing seriousness,” the complaint said.
The convictions include one for taking a vehicle without consent in Los Angeles County in October 2022. He was sentenced to two years in county jail, according to court records.
Staff writers Nathaniel Percy and Nelson Espinal contributed to this report.