Woman killed, man in jail following shooting in Merced County

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Merced County Sheriff's Office has identified the suspect accused of shooting a woman to death in Merced.

Just before 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Merced County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Lingard Road for a report of a shooting.

When deputies arrived, they found a woman who had been shot to death and multiple firearms inside the home.

Through the investigation, detectives identified Gerardo Jimenez Beltran as the suspect.

Beltran was taken into custody and booked into the Merced County Jail for voluntary manslaughter and weapon possession charges.

The victim was not identified as deputies work to notify her family.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Merced County Sheriff's Office.

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