A Central California man was behind bars on Monday in connection with a deadly shooting in Riverside County last week.

The incident happened a little before 9 p.m. on Thursday near Elizabeth Street and Woodward Street in Mead Valley, which is located between Perris and Moreno Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were called to the area after learning of an assault and arrived to find the victim, 30-year-old Giovanni Martinez, suffering from gunshot wounds outside of a home. He was declared dead at the scene.

Central Homicide Unit investigators took over the case, quickly identifying 51-year-old Turlock resident Raul Joe Varela as a suspect.

While serving a search warrant early Sunday morning, deputies arrested Turlock and booked him on suspicion of murde

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