Last Updated on February 24, 2022 by CCAR Staff
Two people were arrested in the death of a man found in a crashed pickup truck with a gunshot wound in Pomona, police announced Wednesday, Feb. 23.
Pomona residents Aurelio Camarillo, 44, and Luis Silva, 28, were arrested on Feb. 16, police said in a news release. They are accused in the March 20, 2021 death of 32-year-old Luis Alberto Garcia of Pomona.
Camarillo is facing charges of murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle and being a felon in possession of a firearm, police said. They said Silva was an accessory after the fact.
On the day of the shooting, police responded to a crash at the intersection of Holt Boulevard and Erie Street and saw a pickup truck in the roadway. Officers found that the driver, Garcia, had been shot. He was taken to a hospital where he later died from his injuries, police said.
Both suspects confessed their involvement in the slaying to detectives, according to the release. The motive of the shooting and the manner in which the events took place were not provided.
Anyone with information regarding the investigation is encouraged to contact police at 909-622-1241.
