3rd Arrest Made in Fatal Hookah Lounge Shooting

San Diego police have netted yet another arrest in connection with a deadly shooting at a San Diego hookah lounge last year.

Nicholas Edward Davis, 24, is the third person taken into custody in the death of Rodney Harmon at the Crown Hookah Lounge on Nov. 16, 2014.

On Wednesday, homicide detectives, with the help of a SWAT team, arrested Davis while serving a search warrant to an apartment in the 4900 block of Auburn Drive.

While there, detectives found evidence they think is related to Harmon’s shooting. Davis has since been booked into jail on a charge of murder and is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.

Harmon was gunned down last year at the El Cajon Boulevard business hours after it had closed. Those inside heard a loud banging at the door, and when Harmon answered it, he was shot several times.

So far, two others have been charged in the shooting: Pierre Verenee Readus, 28, and Carl Antuan Martin, 33. Readus was arrested in April, while Martin was initially arrested last month.

The District Attorney’s office failed to file charges in time to keep him in custody, so Martin was briefly released. San Diego police say officers re-arrested Martin a few days later and charged him with murder.

One suspect, 26-year-old Neil Downey, still remains on the loose, with a $2 million warrant out for his arrest.

If you know where he may be, call the SDPD’s homicide unit or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
 

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