Tahoe City, California — Detectives Thursday released new information regarding the homicide that occurred at the Boatworks Mall on Saturday evening. Deputies have identified a suspect. That person, Salvador Murillo-Cabrera, 52, of Reno, is now deceased and apparently committed suicide. Deputies are awaiting ballistic results to confirm that Cabrera was responsible for the crime.
Detectives say the victim and suspect were former co-workers at a restaurant near the Boatworks Mall in Tahoe City. Their relationship was acrimonious because the suspect believed the victim was having an affair with his wife. However, deputies have no information that this was actually true.
Officials say Murillo-Cabrera was seen at the location of the shooting moments before the murder and a car similar to one owned by him was seen fleeing the scene of the crime at a high rate of speed moments after the homicide occurred.
On Sunday, Murillo-Cabrera was located at the St. Peter Canisius Catholic Church in the Sun Valley area of Reno, Nevada and had apparently committed suicide in the church bathroom during church service.
The handgun in his possession at the church is the same caliber weapon containing the same brand of ammunition used in the Tahoe City homicide. Investigators are waiting on lab results to definitively determine if the gun used in the apparent suicide is the same weapon used in the homicide.
Detectives are continuing their investigation.
