A 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Monday, Oct. 7, two days after a man was gunned down outside the Walmart in Hemet, the Hemet Police Department said.
Ernie Michael Miranda was apprehended at 10:45 a.m. on Seminole Way in Cabazon by the Riverside County Gang Impact Team. He was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held without the possibility of bail at Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
Miranda had not been charged as of Tuesday.
Police say Miranda killed a man identified by the Coroner’s Office as 43-year-old Jamess Bailey of Hemet. The Coroner’s Office confirmed the spelling of Bailey’s first name.
The slaying happened about 7:30 p.m. Saturday just outside the Walmart at 859 W. Florida Ave., said Judith Gibson, a Police Department spokeswoman. Police responding to reports of gunfire found Bailey dead. Gibson said she did not know whether the men knew each other or the circumstances of the attack, such as whether it was gang related.
A person with Miranda’s same full name has convictions in Riverside County for violation of a stay-away order, spousal abuse, being a prisoner in possession of a weapon, assault with a deadly weapon and grand theft auto, according to Superior Court records.
Police ask anyone with information on the case to call Detective Thomas Spellacy at 951-765-2324. Information may be left anonymously through Police Department’s smartphone app.
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