A 53-year-old Oak Run was arrested Monday in connection to the slaying of a man found lying face down on a dirt road.
Joseph Edward Roza's arrest at 12:30 p.m. Monday came after Shasta County Sheriff's detectives found out over the weekend he and Gregory Donald Galusha had been in an altercation last Thursday.
That was the day deputies found Galusha, 44, in the 15000 block of Stagecoach Road apparently dead from a gunshot wound.
The sheriff's office said the two men knew each other. Shortly after the fight, Roza discharged a semi-automatic handgun.
Roza was at his home when he was taken into custody. The sheriff's office did not disclose where that was. Roza is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.
Investigators remain tight-lipped about the case. The sheriff's office said motives, circumstances surrounding the fight and other information about the case will not be released at this time.
Anyone who may have information about the homicide is asked to call the Major Crimes Unit at 530-245-6135 or email mcu@co.shasta.ca.us.
A man found lying face down on a dirt road in Oak Run is dead after someone fired at him.
Authorities are looking for the shooter, but are withholding details on the investigation into the death of Gregory Donald Galusha, 44.
The Shasta County Sheriff's Office said deputies were sent to the 15000 block of Stagecoach Road at 12:08 p.m., Thursday after someone reported seeing the shooting victim on the road.
In a statement, the sheriff's office said Galusha, who lived on Stagecoach Road, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies found the gunshot wound on his bodies as they investigated what happened, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office said there is no indication the public's safety is at risk after this incident.
"Further information as to motives, injuries to the victim, involved parties and other investigative information will not be released at this time," the sheriff's office said.
Galusha's death makes it the second fatal shooting the sheriff's office is investigating this week in Shasta County.
On Wednesday, an argument between two roommates from Happy Valley turned deadly.
Michael Patrick O'Connell, 34, was arraigned Friday afternoon in Shasta County Superior Court in connection to the murder of Adam Russell Mancebo, 41.
O'Connell postponed giving a plea but Judge Adam Ryan raised the man's bail to $1.1 million. The arraignment was continued to Monday.
The sheriff's office said deputies found Mancebo dead inside a house with a gunshot wound to the torso. O'Connell was arrested after he told deputies he shot his friend with a 12-gauge shotgun, the sheriff's office said.
Anyone with information about the Galusha case can call the sheriff's office and ask for the Major Crimes Unit at 530-245-6135 or email mcu@co.shasta.ca.us.