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Enrique Becerra, 67, was shot and killed on September 17, 2020, in Newman, California. He was leaving his home on T Street early that morning to go to work when he was shot multiple times; one shot struck him in the head and proved fatal.
Authorities say the motive was a personal dispute. Julio Cesar Zaragoza-Romero, 46, believed Becerra, a co-worker, had been having an affair with his wife. Julio called Merced County dispatchers to confess and surrender, and during that call implicated his older brother, Francisco Hernandez-Romero, 49. Francisco was arrested at his workplace. Both men were charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Stanislaus County Jail.
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office and Newman Police Department conducted the investigation and assembled evidence and testimony about the events leading to the killing. Does anyone have information about Enrique’s movements that morning or about the confrontation that preceded the shooting?