MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MURDER OF FATHER AND FATHER’S GIRLFRIEND AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TWO MEN

Case # 17HF1368

Date: October 17, 2017

MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MURDER OF FATHER AND FATHER’S GIRLFRIEND AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TWO MEN HE SHOT IN ALISO VIEJO HOME

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for the special circumstances murder of his father and his father’s girlfriend, and the attempted murder of two men, all of whom he shot in their Aliso Viejo home.

Defendant	Charges	Minimum Sentence	Court Date
Luke William Ferguson, 26, Aliso Viejo	Charged today with the following felony counts: (2) Murder (2) Attempted murder Sentencing Enhancements Special circumstances – multiple murders Personal use of a firearm causing death and great bodily injury Prior Felony Conviction Stalking in 2012 in Los Angeles	Life in state prison without the possibility of parole	Arraignment Oct. 17, 2017, time to be determined Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana

Circumstances of the Case

• At the time of the crime, Luke Ferguson is accused living in the Aliso Viejo home of his father, 59-year-old Douglas Ferguson, and his father’s long-term girlfriend, 51-year-old Lisa Cosenza, along with 48-year-old John Doe 1 and 23-year-old John Doe 2.
• On Oct. 12, 2017, at approximately 2:45 p.m., the defendant is accused of shooting John Doe 1 in the knee and back, John Doe 2 in the face, and fatally shooting Douglas Ferguson and Cosenza, all while inside the home.
• The defendant is accused of fleeing the scene in a surviving victim’s car.
• The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) responded to the scene and John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 were taken to a local hospital.
• On the afternoon of Oct. 13, 2017, Ferguson was located and arrested in the stolen car in Inglewood.

Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino, Homicide Unit