Two of three suspects arrested this week in connection with a string of recent armed robberies are believed to be responsible for the execution-style slaying of an MTV music coordinator in a Mid-Wilshire neighborhood over the weekend, Los Angeles police said Thursday.

Jabaar Vincent Thomas, 26, and Destiny Young, 29, both of Los Angeles, were arrested in connection with the shot-gun slaying of Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir, 30, police said. Richard Edward Anderson, 33, a resident of the San Fernando Valley, was also arrested on suspicion robbery.

Police said they were able to link Thomas and Young to the slaying of Ben-Meir through witness statements and other evidence, which they did not disclose.

Authorities said the string of robberies in the Mid-City, Wilshire and Southwest L.A. areas also involved the use of a shotgun, the same type of weapon believed to have been used in the killing of Ben-Meir.

Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Matt Blake said the two suspects and possibly other accomplices are thought to have struck at least nine times in the last two weeks, robbing people on the street and in businesses.

Anderson and Young were arrested separately Wednesday afternoon, and Thomas was arrested Wednesday night.

No weapons were recovered during the arrests.