MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man has been arrested for a deadly shooting involving an air rifle last year in Merced.
Officials with the Merced Police Department say 32-year-old Angel Saavedra Barraza has been arrested for the murder of Aaron Jimenez.
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The shooting happened around 7:40 pm on December 11 near Olympia Court and Loughborough Drive.
Officers found Jimenez suffering from what was believed to be a gunshot wound to his chest.
Investigators say they later learned that Barraza had shot Jimenez at close range with an air rifle.
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Barraza was arrested Thursday morning after detectives carried out a search warrant at a home in Newman.
Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call Detective Steven Odom at (209) 388-7814.