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Man Sentenced to Death in Northridge Killings

A man convicted of gunning down four people outside a Northridge boarding home three years ago was sentenced Friday to death, prosecutors said.

Ka Pasasouk, 34, was convicted last year of first-degree murder for the December 2012 shooting deaths of Teofilo Navales, 49, of Castaic; Robert Calabia, 34, of Los Angeles; Amanda Ghossein, 24, of Monterey Park; and Jennifer Kim, 26, of Montebello outside a Northridge boarding house.

Pasasouk also was convicted of one count of attempted murder, five counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. Jurors found true the special circumstance of multiple murders in case PA075729.

Prosecutors told jurors that the defendant was "fueled by drugs and alcohol'' and had the "perfect opportunity for vengeance'' along with the perfect opportunity for a robbery when he came across Navales -- with whom he had an altercation months earlier -- in a dark and confined area and shot him twice, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Calabia, Ghossein and Kim were shot to death to silence them as potential witnesses as Pasasouk was "trying to get away with murder," prosecutors said.

The four victims planned to meet a friend who lived at the boarding house and then head to a casino to gamble.
 

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