Son of convicted killer accused of killing brother in Newbury Park
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - A 15-year-old boy was killed in Newbury Park Thursday night. Deputies say he was killed by his older brother, who was arrested naked on a nearby high school football field later that night.
Zubari Sharp is being held on no bail. According to deputies, Sharp attacked his brother in their family home on Jeanne Court. Deputies were called to the house just after 8 p.m. Thursday. When they got there, they found the 15-year-old boy had "had suffered severe trauma from an assault." Paramedics brought the boy to the hospital, where he later died.
Shortly after the killing, deputies arrested Sharp, who they found naked on the football field at Newbury Park High School. There were several students on campus with their families for a performance during the arrest. The school was briefly placed on lockdown.
"We were in the performance and all of a sudden they just said there's going to be a delay in the performance because they're on the lockdown," said William Garcia, the father of a student. "At that time, we all we thought that there was just a streaker on campus."
Members of the nearby community were confused by the situation Thursday night, especially after Sharp had to be rescued from a storm drain earlier that day. Neighbors said Sharp seemed to be suffering from a mental health episode. Mark Harned was the one who saw Sharp in the drain and called for help.
"I leaned down and asked them how they got in there. They they said they didn't know how they got in there," Harned said. "I asked him how long he had been in there and he said he had no idea how long he had been in the sewer. I let them know that I would call the fire department."
Ventura County firefighters took Sharp to the hospital, but he later left.
"If, in fact, that is someone that was released and then, you know, something worse happened, I think that's something that probably needs to [be looked] at for sure," said Harned.
Thursday night's murder shares similarities with another murder that sent Sharp's father to prison for life nearly two decades ago. In 2007, Calvin Sharp was convicted of killing a 6-year-old boy with a meat cleaver.
Officials haven't released the victim's name, and say they are still investigating.