A Modesto man has been arrested in the robbery and fatal shooting of an adult bookstore clerk, police said.
The incident happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Liberty Adult Book Store on Kansas Avenue.
The employee, 38-year-old Cinnamon Eades, was found suffering from a gunshot wound. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she died from her injuries.
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL: Family and friends of Cinnamon Eades, the woman shot & killed during a robbery of an adult bookstore in #Modesto Tuesday afternoon are planning to hold a candlelight vigil tonight at 7pm at Smyrna Community Park in #Ceres. @CBSSacramento pic.twitter.com/yB5leuM2K4
— Linda Mumma (@LindaBMumma) July 10, 2019
Police said the suspect–a 20-year-old Modesto man named Favian Ramirez–approached Eades to make a purchase before shooting her and grabbing cash from the register and fleeing the scene.
Modesto police say, with the help of the dealership and other information from a local used-car dealership, they were able to identify Ramirez as the suspect.
Ramirez was arrested at a home in Ceres a short time later. He is facing charges of murder and robbery and he is being held without bail.
A store employee said that the store would be closed for at least a week out of respect for Eades and her family, according to Fox News. The station reported that Eades was a mother of a grown daughter and two small boys.
“She was just amazing. Anybody who met her, she would just light up a room,” friend Mikala Price told KCRA 3.
