A second suspect was charged Thursday in connection with the fatal early morning shooting of a man during an attempted robbery in a residential area of Long Beach.

Felipe Zermeno Ramirez, 27, of Long Beach, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in a Long Beach courtroom, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Ramirez and co-defendant Jose Santiago Garcia-Linares, 25, are each charged with murder in the Oct. 12 killing of Thomas Mello, along with the attempted robbery of Mello and two other people, the robbery of a fourth victim, conspiracy to commit robbery and driving or taking a vehicle without consent, according to the criminal complaint.

The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery, along with alle

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