Marin City Murder Suspect Arrested

MARIN COUNTY, CA – A suspect in a 2015 Marin City homicide was arrested early Tuesday morning in Fairfield, a Marin County sheriff's lieutenant said.

Fairfield police arrested Joseph Montgomery on a warrant issued in Marin County in May 2015, Lt. Jamie Scardina said.

Montgomery was in possession of a loaded handgun when he was taken into custody, and the sheriff's office will determine whether it was the murder weapon, Scardina said.

Montgomery is suspected of shooting 35-year-old Jermaine Kennedy outside a residence at 79 Cole Drive in Marin City around 1 a.m. on May 10, 2015.

Kennedy had attended a memorial service for a family friend who died in a shooting two weeks earlier in the Sacramento area, according to the sheriff's office.

Kennedy, who had ties to Vallejo and Richmond, was shot in the chest and abdomen and died during surgery at Marin General Hospital, sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman said.

Scardina said Montgomery will be transported from Fairfield to the Marin County Jail.

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