ELYRIA, Ohio (WOIO) - The Lorain County Sheriff is expected to release new information Tuesday on the July murder of a 28-year-old North Ridgeville man.

Robert Willis was fatally shot in the 1700 block of Meister Rd. in Lorain around 9 p.m. on July 29.

The Lorain County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Task Force and SWAT team executed search and arrest warrants early Monday and took Jomar Perez into custody.

Perez, 21, of Lorain, is being held without bond at the Lorain County Jail.

19 News will stream the 1 p.m. news conference.

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