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Suspect Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Man in Mead Valley

MEAD VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 11 – Raul Joe Varela, 51, faces a $1 million bail after being arrested for the fatal shooting of Giovanni Martinez, 30, near Elizabeth and Woodward streets in Mead Valley.

RIVERSIDE — A man suspected of gunning down a 30-year-old Mead Valley resident was being held Monday in lieu of $1 million bail. Raul Joe Varela, 51, of Turlock was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside Sunday on suspicion of murder. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Varela allegedly killed Giovanni Martinez in the area of Elizabeth and Woodward streets in Mead Valley shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. …

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