Long Beach police arrest man accused of killing former Millikan High athlete

Authorities have filed a murder charge against a man accused of shooting a former Millikan High School track athlete to death in June 2015.

The Los Angeles County District Attoey’s Office has charged Tremaine Lewis, 24, of Long Beach, with murder and an enhancement alleging the criminal use of a firearm, according to Long Beach police.

Lewis stands accused of fatally shooting Alicia Faith Todd, 21, of Signal Hill, whose body was discovered shortly after 1 a.m. June 24 in an alley behind the 1100 block of East 21st Street. Police arrested Lewis on Thursday.

As of Monday afteoon, Lewis was in custody at Long Beach’s city jail while being held on $2 million bail and awaiting an afteoon arraignment at Long Beach Superior Court.

Officers and detectives who initiated the investigation encountered no witnesses and few clues at the crime scene, according to a police department statement. Detectives interviewed Todd’s relatives and friends in order to reconstruct the events of her final days and leaed that she and Lewis had what the department termed a “domestic relationship” at the time of the killing.

Investigators also determined Lewis and Todd were together on the night she died, according to police.

Sgt. Brad Johnson said in an email that police are not releasing information related to a possible motive for the crime.

Detectives’ investigation remains open. Anyone who may have information relevant to the case may call homicide detectives Teryl Hubert, Scott Lasch, and Michael Hubbard at 562-570-7244.

Anonymous tips may be delivered by calling 800-222-TIPS (8477), sending a text message begiing with the letters TIPLA and followed by the information to 274637 (CRIMES) or by going online to www.lacrimestoppers.org.

More to come.

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