5 a.m. last Monday.<\/a> The building appears to have a grocery store on the first floor with apartments above.<\/p>\nPolice said he made statements implicating himself, although the motive of the fire remains unclear. He surrendered to detectives Monday night. He has six prior arrests.<\/p>\n
One of the victims was 70-year-old Oreste de Leon whose family owned the building that burned down.<\/p>\n
Two other men identified as Larry Johnson, 62, and Gilberto Romero, 57, were killed in the fire.<\/p>\n
Santana is charged with murder and arson and is being held without bail.<\/p>\n
Two other buildings were damaged during the fire.<\/p>\n
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