STE. GENEVIEVE — A suspect in a California double-homicide was arrested Wednesday in Ste. Genevieve.
Ste. Genevieve County Chief Deputy Jason Schott confirmed the arrest and saying he had no idea why 41-year-old Oscar Hernandez chose to visit the Show-Me State.
“I won’t even speculate,” Schott said and added the suspect made no statement at the time of his arrest by U.S. Marshalls assisted by Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Deputies.
Schott said the sheriff’s office received information from the U.S. Marshal’s who were following the suspect on I-55.
Once in Ste. Gen county, deputies located the vehicle conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and Hernandez was taken into custody, without any incident, with the help of the U.S. Marshal’s.
The suspect was transported to the Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center where he is awaiting extradition back to California.
News of the arrest was reported widely in California.
A headline in the Sacramento Bee says “Suspect in Lodi double homicide shooting arrested in Missouri, to be extradited to California”.
The newspaper says Oscar Hernandez, of Lodi, was arrested with the help of the U.S. Marshals and the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri.
The arrest was also breaking news on television stations in the region.
According to the media reports, the 41-year-old Hernandez was wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of two men Monday evening in Lodi.
Police said 36-year-old Silverio Cazares Gayosso died at the scene. The other man, identified as 49-year-old Fernando Rodriguez, was sent to the hospital and later died of his injuries.
A motive for the shooting has not been determined.