Crime & Safety

Fire at Double-Homicide Suspect's House May Be Arson

The blaze was 'tied to the arrest' of Brent D. Zubek, fire department spokesman says.

While police were closing-in on Chatsworth double-slaying suspect Brent D. Zubek early Monday, someone set a fire at the man's Lassen Street home.

The decomposing bodies of a couple were found in a trash bin at the house in the 20400 block of Lassen Street early Aug. 13. And Zubek was on the run.

The 2:32 a.m. fire is "tied to the arrest" of Zubek, according to Matt Spence, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman. Zubek was shot in the hip at about 4:30 a.m. Monday after a seven-hour dragnet in Encino.

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Zubek, who had fired at police, was captured on a rooftop near with a gun beside him. He is now in the Van Nuys jail.

"The fire is under active investigation by the Arson and Counter-Terrorism Section and the LAPD," Spence said.  Because of the nature of the crime, "All I can say is that it is an ongoing investigation," he said.

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