A 39-year-old man has been charged with murder in the death of a 92-year-old man, after an hours-long standoff with police in a Hermosa Beach home, where the victim’s body was found.
Robert Simmons was arrested Saturday following a seven-hour standoff at the victim’s home in the 500 block of The Strand. He came out in costume-like attire, wearing sunglasses, a suit and tie and a fedora.
It is not known if Simmons had any ties to the victim, Demetrius Doukoullos, or if the encounter was random.
Authorities arrived at the Strand house around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday after the victim’s realtor contacted police for a welfare check after not hearing from him in about a week, Hermosa Beach police said…