A 66-year-old Covina man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting an employee at a self-storage facility during an argument over the weekend.

The suspect claimed items were being stolen from his storage unit and got angry at the victim for not believing him, Covina Police Detective Oswaldo Preciado said.

The man had made the same allegation in December 2023, he said, adding police took a burglary report then and the allegation turned out to be unfounded. Sunday’s shooting victim was a witness in 2023, Preciado said.

On Friday, the suspect allegedly told police that valuables were being stolen from his storage unit at One Stop Storage at 1432 N. Barranca Ave. The man wanted advice on what to do when people are stealing from a storage unit, according to Preciado. No report was t

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