Police and first responders were called to report a sudden death at home on the 3100-block of Coast Meridian Road on March 30 and found the body of a 41-year-old man.
He was identified as Joo “Daniel” Jeon and his death was identified as homicide, the Integrated Murder Research Team said in a statement on April 5.
Police say they searched the house, gathered evidence and interviewed witnesses, after which a report was submitted to the PK Prosecutor’s Office.
Forty-six-year-old Sharokh Mirzaei Amir Abadi is now charged with second-degree murder.
Police did not say if the victim and the accused knew each other, but said the homicide was not linked to a gang clash in the Lower Continent.