2 Arrested, 1 Sought In Sonoma County Butcher Shop Murder
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) - Two suspects have been arrested and a third was being sought for the murder of a Santa Rosa man outside a Sonoma County butcher shop on Thursday, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said Monday morning.
Sheriff's detectives and San Mateo police on Saturday afternoon arrested Juan Ramon Lopez Castillo, 28, and Alberto Barraza Lopez, 33, sheriff's Sgt. Carlos Basurto said.
They were arrested in San Mateo, sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary said.
Both men are from Mexico, Basurto said. Lopez-Castillo was living in Sonoma County and Lopez was living in Hayward, Basurto said.
They are suspected of fatally shooting 33-year-old Jose Manuel DeJesus once in the head in a car in the parking lot of the Carniceria Contreras butcher shop at 1401 Todd Road south of Santa Rosa.
O'Leary said the shooting apparently happened during a drug deal in which DeJesus was selling marijuana to the suspects.
Three Latino men were seen leaving the murder scene in a black vehicle similar to a 2005 Cadillac Catera or a 2000 Chrysler 300, according to the sheriff's office.
The two men were arrested for murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime. They are being held without bail in Sonoma County Jail, Basurto said.
Lopez-Castillo's younger brother, Fernando Lopez-Castillo, 25, is also wanted for the killing, Basurto said.
He is approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall, has a slim build and should be considered armed and dangerous, Basurto said.
Fernando Lopez-Castillo has contacts in Sonoma County and the South Bay, Basurto said. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Detective Brandon Cutting at (707) 565-2185.
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