Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Castro Valley Murder
This was the second of two murders in one week in Castro Valley. (Breaking)
CASTRO VALLEY, CA — A 25-year-old Hayward man has been arrested on suspicion of murder for the fatal shooting of another man in the unincorporated Alameda County community of Castro Valley on Sunday morning, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Sgt. Ray Kelly said Ryan Gutierrez is tentatively scheduled to be arraigned in court in Hayward at 2 p.m. today if the Alameda County District Attorney's Office files charges against him. The district attorney's office
couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Jail records indicate that Gutierrez works as a caregiver and was arrested at 12:09 a.m. Monday in San Leandro.
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Deputies who responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the 2500 block of Denning Court shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday found a man dead in the home's garage, according to Kelly.
Authorities aren't yet releasing the victim's name.
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Kelly said the homicide was the second in Castro Valley in a week, which he said is "extremely rare" because there aren't usually many homicides in Castro Valley.
He said the two homicides aren't related.
— Bay City News; Image by Renee Schiavone, Patch
