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L.A. man pleads not guilty after shooting rampage that killed 4 — including his dad

This photo from video provided by KABC-TV shows Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, a suspect in a 12-hour rampage in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, being wheeled to an ambulance after his arrest Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2019. KABC-TV via AP

A Los Angeles man charged with killing four people, including his father, in a shooting rampage has pleaded not guilty to murder.

Gerry Dean Zaragoza also entered pleas to attempted murder and robbery Monday.

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He could face the death penalty if convicted.

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Prosecutors say Zaragoza wounded his mother and killed his father and brother in their Canoga Park home on Friday, then killed a woman he knew and wounded another man at a gas station.

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They say he then tried to rob someone at a Bank of America ATM before shooting a stranger in the head on a bus in Lake Balboa, killing him.

Authorities haven’t identified a motive for the killings.

However, an acquaintance of Zaragoza’s father says the man had confided his 26-year-old son had a drug problem.

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