By Bill Lindelof and Kim Minugh
Sacramento County sheriff's detectives have arrested the 21-year-old brother of the man killed by a store owner during a burglary this morning, according to authorities.
Sergio Antonio Arauza, 21, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on one count of burglary and one count of violating probation, said sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran. Detectives detained him earlier today, but initially were unclear whether he was involved in the burglary of Marconi Coin and Currency store in the 4900 block of Marconi Avenue.
Now they allege Arauza was carrying out the burglary alongside his brother, Curran said. The coroner's office identified the dead man as 24-year-old Vincent Paul Arauza.
The store owner has not been arrested. The district attorney will determine if any charges are filed against him, based on results of the sheriff's investigation, Curran said.
Curran said detectives are looking into whether the Arauza brothers were responsible for at least three other burglaries along the Folsom Boulevard corridor.
Today's incident began about 4:15 a.m. while the shop owner was inside his store, which had been the target of a break-in April 29, Curran said. This time, the owner called the sheriff's department to report two men in their mid-20s, wearing black ski masks, trying to enter his store.
Curran said that as the owner spoke on the phone, the person taking the call heard several gunshots.
"Then the business owner said one subject was down in the parking lot," Curran said.
Deputies arrived to find the elder Arauza's body in the parking lot. Fire department emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.
Other deputies in the area saw a man - later identified as Sergio Arauza - near Marconi and Eastern avenues and detained him.
He is being held at the jail in lieu of $100,500 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.
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