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Suspect arrested in fatal Sacramento tunnel shooting beneath I-5

California Highway Patrol officials announced Thursday 63-year-old John Gavino was arrested after being suspected of shooting and killing a Sacramento man.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man suspected of killing a Sacramento resident and injuring another in a tunnel beneath Interstate 5 was recently arrested in Santa Cruz County, California Highway Patrol announced Thursday.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested 63-year-old Sacramento resident John Gavino and charged him with murder related to the deadly shooting from earlier this month.

CHP officers on April 7 responded to reports of a shooting in a tunnel beneath I-5 near Miller Regional Park and came upon a 41-year-old man deceased and a 50-year-old woman suffering severe but non-life-threatening injuries.

Gavino was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and has since been booked into the Sacramento County Jail.

Credit: California Highway Patrol
John Gavino

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