Police on Hunt for Suspected Killer

When officers arrived, they located an adult male, dead inside the residence from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. The Canyon County Coroner later confirmed that the victim, 20 year old Daniel H. Ramirez, was shot once in the head.

Detectives are requesting the assistance of the public to locate a person who is a suspect in this homicide.

Suspect:
Ichya Anthony Pennington
Age: 20
A resident of Caldwell
He is 5'08" tall, 170 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes

Anyone with knowledge of Pennington's whereabouts is asked to call the Nampa Police Department dispatch center at 465-2257, or Crimestoppers at 343-COPS. They do, however, say that Pennington should be considered armed and dangerous.

"I didn't hear a thing until I saw three policeman out in front of my house," said Peggy Gibbs, who lives just down the street from the home where Ramirez was murdered. But Gibbs says a crime like this just a few doors away doesn't surprise her anymore.

"I've been here 40 years and... it's changed a lot with gangs," she said. And Nampa police say gangs were likely a factor in the shooting death of Ramirez.

They say he knew his killer and that both men were acquainted with the owner of the home where Ramirez was slain. But neighbors CBS 2 News talked to knew little about him.

His last known address was in Notus, where we learned he attended Centerpoint High School, and alternative school. He wasn't there long and one teacher who remembered him said he was quiet, but got into trouble.

But where he really ran into trouble was at the Nampa home where his life ended, and police are still trying to determine why.

As for the area where he was killed, it's had it's own share of trouble.

"A couple years ago we did have a gang-related homicide right within feet of this same place," said Nampa Assistant Police Chief Bill Augsburger. In November of 2004, a man was shot dead in the chest just across the street from the home where the latest homicide occurred. Gibbs knew it well.

"The one across the street, about two years ago, I heard the shots," she said.

But she said she doesn't intend to leave. In fact, Gibbs and police say the neighborhood has been quiet, until now.

"I feel safe in my house, but I don't know," said Gibbs from her doorstep.

"I don't think it's a problem neighborhood," said Augsburger, "I think it might be a problem house, a problem group of people." And it's a house police say they'll keep a close eye on from here on out.

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