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Curtiss Booker, Jr., Wanted For Murdering Father In Rialto, Arrested At Las Vegas Home

RIALTO (CBSLA) — A Monrovia man wanted for the murder of his father is in custody Monday after being found at a Las Vegas home.

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(credit: Rialto Police Department)

Curtiss Booker Jr., 31, was arrested Sunday by Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers at a home in the 6800 block of Baby Jade Ct. in Las Vegas.

Booker was identified as the suspect in the murder of his father, 58-year-old Curtiss Booker Sr. of Temple City, on July 5. The elder Booker had been found fatally shot in the front yard of a Rialto home, and his son left the scene before officers arrived, according to Rialto police.

Witnesses told police the father and son were involved in a domestic dispute before the shooting.

Authorities say Booker will be held at a Clark County jail facility until he is extradited back to San Bernardino County.

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