Crime & Safety
Suspect In Fatal 2018 Peninsula Shooting Arrested
Luis Alberto Diaz-Lopez's body was found in a dirt parking lot after being shot and robbed, police say.
SAN MATEO, CA — A 28-year-old Modesto man is in custody on suspicion of robbing and killing a man south of Half Moon Bay in 2018, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
Omar Villagomez Meza was arrested Monday in connection with the killing of 26-year-old Menlo Park resident Luis Alberto Diaz-Lopez, whose body was found in a dirt parking lot near Tunitas Creek Beach off of state Highway 1 shortly before 7 a.m. on Oct. 2, 2018, sheriff's officials said.
Diaz-Lopez had multiple gunshot wounds and had been robbed of his belongings. Evidence and witness interviews eventually led investigators to identify Villagomez as the suspect. He has been booked into county jail and was set for arraignment Tuesday afternoon.
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Anyone with additional information about the case is encouraged to contact Detective Currie at (650) 363-4051 or gcurrie@smcgov.org, or to call the sheriff's anonymous tip line at (800) 547-2700.
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