Suspect in double Chatsworth slaying charged in assault on police

Prosecutors charged a convicted bank robber wanted in connection with a double slaying with several felonies in connection with shots fired at Los Angeles police.

Brent Darrin Zubeck, 43, who was arrested early Monday in Encino, faces six counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, and one count of carrying a loaded and stolen firearm.

Zubek is scheduled to appear for arraignment Tuesday afternoon in a San Fernando courtroom. If convicted on all counts, Zubek faces a maximum sentence of multiple life terms in state prison.

Authorities continue to investigate Zubek in connection with the killings of a couple whose decomposing bodies were discovered in a trash bin Aug. 12 in the 20400 block of Lassen Street. No charges have been filed in connection with their deaths.

The couple have not yet been identified by authorities. Investigators believe that the man and woman, who had lived in the same home with Zubek, were killed more than a month earlier.

Zubek eluded authorities by constant movement and by donning disguises including wigs, LAPD officials said.

LAPD detectives tracked him to the intersection of Noe­line Av­enue and Ventura Boul­evard on