A man is shot to death while working at U-Totem Icehouse Daniel Perales was working alone at the U-Totem Icehouse at 4802 Thousand Oaks Dr. He was behind the counter when unknown suspects entered the store and fired once at him, striking him in the chest. The suspects left with $107.00 taken from the register. When police arrived they found the victim lying on the floor behind the counter, deceased. The victim had recently been discharged from the US Army and was working two jobs to support his family.
SAPD is asking that anyone with information that would assist detectives in developing suspects or witnesses to please contact the SAPD Cold Case Squad in the Homicide Unit, 207-7635. One male possibly involved or a witness to the incident has been identified as Billy Lopez and was 17 at the time of the murder.
