A California man has been charged with murdering two men he met on a dating app and attempting to kill another, the authorities said this week.

Rockim Prowell, 34, of Inglewood, Calif., lured two men in their 50s into meeting via a dating app, attacked them and stole their cars, prosecutors with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a release on Monday. In one case, Mr. Prowell hit one of his victims with a car and broke his leg, prosecutors said.

Mr. Prowell, who was arrested on Sept. 4, was charged with two counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation; one count of attempted murder; two counts each of carjacking and second-degree burglary; and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. A special circumstance allegation makes a defendant eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

He is being held without bail at the Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles and is scheduled to be arraigned on Oct. 16. A lawyer was not listed for Mr. Prowell in court records.

According to prosecutors, Mr. Prowell met with Miguel Angel King, 51, in July 2021 after they had connected online. Mr. Prowell fatally shot Mr. King and stole his car, which was discovered more than a week later, several miles from Mr. Prowell’s home, prosecutors said. Forensic evidence recovered from the vehicle was later linked to Mr. Prowell, they said.

Mr. King’s remains were found in the Angeles National Forest in August 2021.

Two years later, August 2023, Mr. Prowell and Robert Gutierrez, 53, connected on the same online dating app (which was not specified in the court documents) and agreed to meet about a mile from Mr. Prowell’s home.