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The slaying on Saturday afternoon in Palmdale, California, north
of Los Angeles, stemmed from an argument between the suspect and
the victim that turned violent, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department said in a statement.
According to an account of the incident provided by sheriff's
deputies, the suspect, Ricardo Medina, 36, retreated to his
bedroom with his girlfriend during the altercation, but his
roommate, Joshua Sutter, followed them and forced open the door.
Medina is then accused of stabbing Stutter, 36, once in the
stomach with a sword kept next to his bedroom door. Police say
Medina then called emergency 911 and remained at the scene until
sheriff's deputies arrived.
He was later jailed on suspicion of murder, in lieu of $1
million, after being interviewed by homicide detectives, the
sheriff's department said.
A spokeswoman for the department confirmed that Medina is the
actor who played the Red Lion Wild Force Ranger on the "Power
Rangers Wild Force" TV series in 2002.
According to the Internet Movie Database website, Medina also
voiced the character of Deker on a later series, "Power Rangers
Samurai," and has previously appeared on such prime-time shows
as "CSI: Miami" and "ER."
The Los Angeles Times quoted his agent, Gar Lester, as saying he
found the allegations against Medina hard to believe.
"He's been my friend and client for 12 years, and he's a great
guy," Lester told the newspaper on Sunday. "He's great to his
dog, he's great to his people. He's really a super person."
(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Eric Beech)
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