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:
Sentencing Enhancements
Prior Felony Conviction
|
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