SUTTER COUNTY, Calif. — Sutter County Sheriff's detectives arrested a man on Friday for allegedly shooting and killing a man back in May.
Jesus Esteban Perez, 39, was in Sutter County Jail for a parole violation according to Sutter County Sheriff’s Office, when the sheriff’s office charged Perez with first-degree murder.
Perez is suspected of shooting and killing Paramjit Singh Randhawa, 61 of Yuba City, back in May.
He had initially been arrested on charges of evading a law enforcement officer, threatening a law enforcement officer, and for being a felon in possession of a weapon.
Sutter County detectives also arrested Shannon Marie Johnson, 38, for allegedly withholding information and lying about the investigation, according to the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said Johnson was the person who made the call about the shooting.
Perez and Johnson are scheduled to be in court on July 23 at 3 p.m.