A man who allegedly shot and killed a teacher from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena was in custody Monday as investigators looked into what led to the fight between the men at a Westlake Village party.
Teacher Norman Schureman, 51, attended the party in the 31000 block of Kentfield Court on Sunday night when he got into a fight with suspect Steven Honma, 55, authorities said.
Honma allegedly shot Schureman in the upper body and was detained by partygoers until authorities arrived.
“Apparently, remarks were made to someone’s wife, and I suspect it was the suspect’s wife," said Det. Larry Brandenburg of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide unit. Honma "went home, came back and the victim was dead."
The president of the Art Center College of Design, Lorne M. Buchman, wrote about Schureman on the school’s official blog, “The Dotted Line," referring to him as a “celebrated and adored member of our community.”
Schureman was a graduate of the college, where his father, Bob Schureman, had also taught.
“For over 20 years, Norm devoted himself tirelessly to the College, instilling in his students a passion for design, a love for drawing and an eye for excellence,” Buchman wrote. “A place in the student gallery was always reserved for the great projects from Norm’s classes.”
The incident marks the first reported homicide in Westlake Village since The Times began tracking all homicides in Los Angeles County on the Homicide Report in January 2007.
— Ching-Ching Ni
Map: The location of the killing. Click for an interactive map of Los Angeles County homicides.
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