King King's Barber Shop & Beauty Salon on Wed. Sept. 21, 2011, where police are investigating the owner's murder. (Raul Roa/Pasadena Sun)
by Ana Facio-Krajcer
Pasadena Sun
Pasadena police confirmed that the body of a Pasadena man found lying in a parking lot on Washington Boulevard early Wednesday morning is King Eldridge King, 43, owner of King King’s Barber and Beauty Salon.
Police are investigating King's death as a homicide, Lt. Tracey Ibarra said. Washington Boulevard was closed to traffic for a block east of Lake Avenue for most of the day Wednesday.
Walt Butler, owner of a building adjacent to the barber shop on Washington near Lake Avenue, said the victim was stabbed, a fact police did not confirm. Butler said the parking lot where the body was found was a source of disturbances in the neighborhood.
“It has not been a peaceful place,” Butler said. “There was always chaos.”
Ibarra said King was known to have conflicts with some residents in the area.
